A social welfare advocacy group has filed a federal complaint against the Illinois State Board of Education alleging ...

In its survey of unfilled positions, the state board found that Illinois had 1,877 more classroom teachers in the 2023-24 ...

All seven school board seats were up for election in 2023. Because terms are staggered, three seats, all for four-year terms, ...

Why the Chicago Urban League CEO opposes an Illinois House bill that would strip away certain health care options.

Drafted into the Army in 1945, Young led Fleet City to a 48-25 victory over the El Toro Marines in what was billed as the ...

This week's "blood moon" comes as a total lunar eclipse makes for a stunning display in the night sky -- and Illinois will be able to see it all unfold.

Illinois Superintendent Tony Sanders participates in a previous Illinois State Board of Education meeting.

Hundreds of millions of Americans will have the chance in March to see the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years.

A Pekin woman who gained her freedom from indentured servitude with the help of Abraham Lincoln more than two decades before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation as president is the subject of a ...

It happened on Feb. 12, 1968, when Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, donned a No. 32 jersey to officiate a game between the Cincinnati Royals and Chicago Bulls in, of all places ...