Twenty years ago, Jamel Anderson and two other peers were not allowed to walk the ceremony stage at Eisenhower High School because they competed in a state track meet which ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s career as a civil rights leader and politician took him across the country and around the world, yet he remained close to Illinois.

The murder case grabbed national headlines after Karyn Hearn Slover's dismembered body was found in garbage bags in Lake Shelbyville days after her 1996 disappearance.

Brother and sister duo Abigail and Kenneth Wolf have won The Food Network's "Baking Championship: Next Gen," taking home the top prize.

Illinois has positioned itself as a national safeguard for reproductive rights. But a new case raises questions about how those principles are applied behind state prison walls.

An appeals court ruled prison officials cannot claim qualified immunity after using an inmate as 'bait' to catch a counselor ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Sitting off of El Dorado Street near downtown Decatur is a building stuffed to the brim with African American history. With pictures, statues and much much more, the African ...

Emergency crews were on the scene of a rollover crash in Decatur Thursday afternoon. The crash happened near the intersection of South Main Street and West Lincoln Park Drive, near The Reserve at ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — A program offering free before- and after-school care is shutting down in Decatur. The Extended Day Program has been around since 2021, but because of the price, the district is ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — A Decatur man was sentenced to two years behind bars on Monday after he pleaded guilty to battering his wife in December. Court records show Carl Klaus, 54, avoided a trial by ...

Officials say several tornadoes have torn through parts of Illinois and Indiana, downing trees and power lines in an area south of Chicago and overwhelming the 911 center with emergency ...