This weeks WNIJ Community Spotlight hits the road and is on location in the village of Waterman. The owner and head chef of ...

The Department of Justice is suing Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies.

BLOOMINGTON — Down 18 points in the second quarter, the undefeated Illinois Wesleyan women’s basketball team was in serious ...

President Trump’s Justice Department sued the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and local officials Thursday over laws creating a so-called “sanctuary city.”  Accusing the officials of ...

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston says lawmakers are looking into a proposal to absorb parts of Illinois after multiple ...

High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County.

"It's been a tumultuous (time) with respect to trying to understand what the criteria is going to be from the federal government for local entities accessing funds." ...

The ongoing debate between the City of Carroll and Carroll County officials was resolved, at least for the time being by the Board of Supervisors voting unanimously to rescind the ...

Darius Johnson shared video of icy sidewalks in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. He showed street poles and cars covered in a thin layer of ice. He said residents should take it slow and avoid ...

Carroll County Coroner Matthew Jones has released documents and transcripts from the two-day inquest into the death of Jackson Kradle.

An Illinois state senator has formally requested that the Illinois State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor's Office step up its case review into the death of a Carroll County teen whose body was found ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill this week that gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other relatives as safe ...