CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago State University chief financial officer has been named the new executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher...

CAIRO, Ill. (WJPF) — A pair of house fires are under investigation in Cairo. Firefighters were first called to a home on Park Avenue...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — Another national retailer is closing their Carbondale location. Pier 1 Imports has started liquidation sales. A final closing date has...

CHICAGO (AP) — An accountant has pleaded guilty to embezzling millions of dollars from a wealthy northern Illinois family and using the money to...

This Friday, Jan. 10, 2020 photo provided by Chicago Animal Care and Control in Chicago shows an injured coyote after it was successfully located...

A Chicago police officer and a Chicago Animal Care and Control worker carry a coyote out in a green bag after tranquilizing the animal...

 FILE – In this Friday, May 31, 2019 file photo, Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, speaks with the media after visiting...

CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) — Chicago authorities say a young boy walking with an adult outside a Lincoln Park nature museum was bitten by a...

FILE – In this Aug. 16, 2018, file photo, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks in Springfield, Ill. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WJPF) — The Illinois Department of Public Health continues to fight a Hepatitis A outbreak with 178 cases being reported statewide as...