Summer library reading programs kick off across northern Illinois

Cortland Public Library 2025 theme: Tails & Tales: Where Imagination Runs Wild Registration here. KIDS (0-10) - Summer Reading BINGO and/or Timed Reading! Complete one BINGO per week and/or 100 minutes per week (20 minutes a day for 5 days), …

Southern Illinois softball and baseball teams continue postseason play

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WSIL) -- Multiple softball and baseball teams in southern Illinois are continuing their postseason play this week. Here is a breakdown of the teams still playing for the state finals... Softball Class 1A Softball - Waltonville defeated …

Heartland Mule Riders and Make A Wish host fun day for kids in Southern Illinois

STONEFORT, Ill. (WSIL) -- The Heartland Mule Riders Association joined forces with the Make-A-Wish Foundation for a family fun day in Southern Illinois on Saturday, May 31. Attendees enjoyed wagon rides, mule rides, and a petting zoo. Professional …

Illinois basketball headed back to Madison Square Garden for game against national power

Illinois men's basketball will get a rematch, of sorts, with UConn. The Fighting Illini will play UConn on Nov. 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York, according to CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein. UConn beat Illinois, 77-52 in the …

WATCH: Illinois In Focus Daily | Monday June 2nd, 2025

(The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Associate Editor Greg Bishop provides a roundup of the long weekend at the Illinois Statehouse where the General Assembly approved the largest spending plan in state …

Illinois quick hits: Four dead after train hits car on tracks

Four dead after train hits car on tracks Four people were killed early Sunday in Shelby County after a train hit their vehicle. Illinois State Police report the collision occurred around 4:30 a.m. at a rural railroad crossing north of Effingham. All the …

Illinois delays interchange law

The Illinois state legislature moved to postpone, by one year, the implementation of a law to exempt taxes and tips from credit and debit card interchange fees. The state enacted a landmark law last year that would require bank card issuers and their …

Illinois basketball will play in New York against a national power

Illinois will play UConn in a rematch at Madison Square Garden on November 28th. The game is part of Illinois' fourth consecutive season playing at MSG. Illinois men's basketball will get a rematch, of sorts, with UConn. The Fighting Illini will …

Supreme Court will consider reviving Republican challenge to Illinois law on mail ballots

Halpin: We Cannot Leave Western Illinois Behind

State Senator Mike Halpin (D-Rock Island) released the following statement on the Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget: “Voting against this budget was a tough choice. There are portions of this budget that are admirable: a fulfilled pension …