Illinois Public Media News

Voters in the Jamaica and Catlin school districts will be asked to approve consolidation in the November election. The school boards of the two rural districts are recommending a merger as a way to reduce expenses, and postpone financial insolvency.

The second U.S. case of a dangerous new virus from the Middle East has been found in Florida, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

Property tax bills going out to Urbana residents include a 10 percent hike.

Towns across Illinois are paying more and more money into their local pension funds for cops and firefighters, but many are still seeing the financial health of those pensions get worse and worse.

Sriracha hot sauce maker Huy Fong Foods has been tussling with the city council of Irwindale, Calif., near Los Angeles for months now over whether the factory's spicy smells harm its neighbors.

Glenn Greenwald, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who helped to break stories about mass surveillance in the United States, is making more revelations in a new book coming out on Tuesday.

Harry Potter and The Hunger Games haven't been big hits for nothing. Lots of teens and adolescents still read quite a lot.

A referendum on independence from Ukraine shows strong support for secession, according to separatist leaders in the districts where Sunday's vote was held. Kiev and Western governments say the vote is illegitimate.

Harry Potter and The Hunger Games haven't been big hits for nothing. Lots of teens and adolescents still read quite a lot.   But a roundup of studies, put together by the non-profit Common Sense Media, shows a clear decline over time.

In the seventh round of the NFL draft the St. Louis Rams have picked Michael Sam, making him the first openly gay player to be drafted by a pro football team.