Carbondale, Ill., a liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, has become a hub for the procedure. Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this city of 21,000. An ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - State and local leaders met Thursday morning for the signing of the beam in Springfield. It will be part of the upcoming Springfield Sangamon County Transportation Hub that ...

The entrance to Santa’s Enchanted Forest in 2021, the year it opened at Hialeah Park. The Christmas-themed park is now closed for good. Daniel A. Varela [email protected] In days long past, as ...

The government shutdown entered its fifth week on Wednesday, with just five days left before it becomes the longest shutdown in U.S. history. As a result, hundreds of thousands of government employees ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WAND) — Eastern Illinois University will celebrate the grand opening of a new "First-Gen Hub" in November. The hub, which will be in room 2611 of the McAfee Gymnasium, will serve as ...

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MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - You can run for a good cause this Saturday in Marion, Illinois. The HUB Recreation Center is hosting Colors for CASA of Southern Illinois: a 1.5-mile color run/walk that starts ...

One of the most popular annual holiday happenings in the Wilmington area, the light display known as Enchanted Airlie is the very definition of a hot ticket. It's one of the few Wilmington holiday ...

As I am writing this, it is Sept. 11. The anniversary of a day that 24 years ago changed our lives forever. I spent hours scheduling a memorial slide show for the video screens in the school where I ...

The University of Illinois Springfield has seen a 19.1% increase in first-year student enrollment this fall, with 312 freshmen compared to last year’s 262. “We are pleased to see more first-year ...