Today is Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago: In 1926, the biennial Electrical Engineers Show opens tonight at the University of Illinois. Its 112 ...

Meet out High School Confidential correspondents from Sullivan, Danica Bell and Lily Moxley, who are both headed to EIU in ...

Joey Wright is a reporter covering prep and college sports for The News-Gazette and WDWS/WHMS/WKIO radio. More than 370 ...

California Rep. Eric Swalwell is vowing to aggressively push back on federal immigration officers if elected governor. The Democrat says he would use the office to make federal agents ineligible ...

Iran, the United States, and Israel have reached a deal for a two-week ceasefire. Tehran says it will negotiate with the U.S. in Islamabad starting Friday. Trump initially said Iran ...

Iran, the United States and Israel reached a tentative, two-week ceasefire Wednesday in the war that tore across the Middle East and disrupted the global energy ...

There are faster ways to get from Chicago to Los Angeles, but none have the allure or cultural cachet of Route 66.

On July 8, 1989, a young music fan named Aadam Jacobs, with a compact Sony cassette recorder in his pocket, went to see an up-and-coming rock band from Washington for ...

If you’ve ever planned to motor west and take the highway that’s the best, this might be time: Route 66 turns 100 this year.

U.S. President Donald Trump pulls back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran, swerving to deescalate the war ...

Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, growing the liberal majority on the court as cases affecting congressional redistricting, union ...