The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

At least 14 counties across northern Illinois are experiencing moderate drought conditions in all or portions of the county ...

Senior Program Director at the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, James Patterson, and the Co-Chair of Friends of ...

Dixon's Saint Katharine Medical Center is one of nine hospitals "at-risk" due to possible Medicaid cuts in Illinois.

This past school year, for the first time, Illinois schools were required to teach a unit on the experience and history of ...

‘Absolutely Failed’: Senators Debate Presidential Authority Ukraine destroys Russian fighter-bombers in precision air base ...

Here are all of the 2024-25 Journal Star high school players of the year, all in one place — plus links to every all-area honor team this school year.

For the 12th time this season the high temperature in Rockford has reached 90 degrees, or higher, with the high on Wednesday ...

Venerable North Carolina AD Bubba Cunningham is downshifting into an advisory role, effective next summer, and will be ...

Northern Illinois University students now have a convenient and environmentally friendly way to charge electronic devices on ...

The upcoming year for college sports has at least a modest sense of stability: The $2.8 billion House settlement has been ...

On July 15 two great events will become one, as for the first time WANE-TV is partnering with the Indiana Football Coaches ...