Peter Medlin

Northern Illinois University is closing its Lorado Taft Field Campus at the end of the year. Peter Medlin has more…

Speech therapists, also known as Speech-Language Pathologists, or SLPs for short, are facing major challenges, like stagnant pay and sky-high caseloads. It’s making many consider leaving the field. In a 2-part story, WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more on the problems...and how it hurts their patients.

Cesar has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. But it hasn’t stopped him from pursuing his passion for agriculture.

There was music, but it wasn’t a celebration. It was a commemoration of those lost in the fight for fair pay and safe conditions.

They came to the conclusion that the word is a racial slur and its use should not only be retired at the school but also that use of the word is a violation of the student handbook that prohibits derogatory slurs.

Schools don't have enough short-term teachers to fill in the gaps. School districts in Illinois are now holding one-day online training to get short-term subs, even ones without teaching backgrounds.

Mark Klaisner says districts are already relying on microcredentials for teachers as well as support staff and bus drivers.

Learn more about how the 2,000-year-old mummy got there, who it was and what the school has been doing with her all these years.

You've seen vax incentives. Football game tickets, cash prizes, free books — nah. How about $600-worth of meat to get you to get a shot?

Illinois will require news literacy courses at every high school. The hope is that the classes will provide the next generation with tools to maneuver the internet's misinformation minefield.