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Students and parents from Quest watch the appeal hearing at the Illinois State Board of Education office in Springfield.

Quest Charter Academy leaders present case to remain open in appeal hearing

Leaders from Quest Charter Academy met in Springfield Monday to make their case for why they should stay open to the Illinois State Board of Education.

In black and white, a pensive man in a baseball hat with a bedazzled 100 looks to the left, his hand gently resting on his lips.

Eureka College professor to screen Mississippi blues documentary at Chicago film festival

Media studies professor Phil Duncan directed, shot and produced Mississippi Mud: A Natural History of the Blues during several trips to the Mississippi Delta.

Illinois State Police acting chief legal counsel Suzanne Bond told lawmakers the agency has listened to gun owners’ concerns and made changes to the rules that were first proposed in September.

As deadline looms, assault weapons registration rules still unresolved

Lawmakers continue questioning rules as case appears headed to U.S. Supreme Court.

Joe McGraw, left, and Scott Crowl, right, are both running in the Republican primary for a shot at getting on the November ballot. Both are seeking to defeat Democratic incumbent 17th Congressional Rep. Eric Sorensen.

Two Republicans vying for spot on November ballot in Illinois' 17th Congressional District

Joe McGraw, left, and Scott Crowl are running in the 17th Congressional District Republican primary March 19. The winner will face Democrat Eric Sorensen in November.

Revis bassist Bob Thiemann is a Peoria native and Illinois State University grad. The band plays the Castle Theatre Saturday as the last in a three-city tour reviving the post-grunge rock band after 20 years offstage.

Illinois rockers Revis get the band back together with a revival tour stopping at the Castle

The band formed in the late 1990s and made a splash with their debut studio album but had been dormant for nearly a decade when they started writing new songs.

A farm in rural Champaign County, pictured in spring 2023.

Central Illinois farmers face uncertainty in wake of Farm Bill expiration

The Federal Farm Bill of 2018 expired on Sept. 30, 2024. There was plenty of warning that the deadline was coming up.

House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch speaks during the inauguration of the 104th General Assembly on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

Budget constraints, caucus tensions face House Speaker Welch in his third term

Recent caucus erupted into shouting, drawing criticism from governor

A U.S. flag flies on a flagpole in front of the National Weather Service office in Lincoln as a rainbow shines in the background.

State climatologist highlights concerns over NWS, NOAA cuts

Among the agencies targeted for staff reductions by the Trump Administration are the National Weather Service and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford says the cuts will have wide-ranging detrimental effects.

Representative Weaver talking at a conference around a group of homeschooled children

Homeschool families upset after Illinois lawmaker pushes a bill to create oversight

Illinois is among about a dozen states that have little or no homeschooling oversight. Some advocates want to do something about that.

Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, speaks on the Senate floor on Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Senate OKs police hiring reform, Sangamon County recall in response to Sonya Massey’s death

Springfield senator files bills after deadly 2024 police shooting that drew scrutiny of sheriff’s hiring

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