As Illinois and Chicago filed suit to block the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago, a judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order Monday afternoon, and it was revealed that troops ...

CHICAGO – A federal judge on Oct. 6 decided to allow National Guard members to deploy to Illinois over the objections of Gov. JB Pritzker, who slammed the Trump administration’s mobilization of troops ...

Editor’s note: Follow live updates from Illinois football vs Purdue in Week 6. WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. — The Illinois Fighting Illini continue the 2025 college football season this weekend with a road ...

Illinois running back Kaden Feagin (3) is pursued by Southern California safety Bishop Fitzgerald (19) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Champaign, ...

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration federalized hundreds of Illinois National Guard members Saturday after Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker rejected an “ultimatum” from the US Department of War to deploy ...

NOTE: Gov. J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to provide an update at 2 p.m. Monday, and will stream in the video player above once it begins. Illinois has filed a lawsuit aiming to block the Trump ...

If you don’t vote, you can’t complain. The underlying assumption of that aphorism is that participating in the democratic process gives everyone an equal say. And you’re at fault if you don’t exercise ...

Just two weeks ago, the national spotlight landed on Illinois when "Big Noon" came to town for the USC matchup. The result? An electric atmosphere and a thrilling Illini win that helped save their ...

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A semi-truck rolled over and spilled tens of thousands of pounds of applesauce onto an Illinois Interstate Monday morning in a wild scene that backed up traffic for hours, according to reports and ...