Illinois Public Media News

More than a dozen of Illinois' citizen soldiers are heading off to Afghanistan as the nation debates a decision whether to enter another overseas conflict in Syria.

Ceremonies are planned in Champaign-Urbana Wednesday to remember those who died in the 9/11 attacks, which took place twelve years ago in 2001.

State Rep. Naomi Jakobsson (D-Urbana) says she will not run for re-election.

The gap between the 1 percent and the 99 percent is growing, according to an analysis of IRS figures by an international group of university economists, and it hasn't been so wide since 1928.

Test scores for Illinois elementary students dipped significantly in 2013 in both reading and math. But the state board of education says the changes are due to tougher scoring criteria, and students are still making gains.

When filmgoers attend Roger Ebert’s 16th annual film festival in Champaign next spring, they will be able to pose with the famous Urbana native.

Gov. Pat Quinn has suspended funding for the next phase of a pricey renovation project at the state Capitol that's caused embarrassment for financially-shaky Illinois and raised questions about how it was allowed.

A southern Illinois prosecutor says officers have arrested the uncle of a girl whose body was found a day after she went missing.

After much diplomatic wrangling, President Obama on Monday left open the possibility of a diplomatic solution in Syria, saying a proposal allowing Syria to give up its chemical weapons was a "potentially positive development."

A number of east central Illinois school districts are dismissing early Tuesday due to high temperatures.