Is the gap between the Group of 5 and the Power 4 growing in recruiting? Here's how smaller football programs are pivoting ...

More and more Illinois colleges and universities are offering full tuition ... Lori Cortez with Sauk says the Impact Program ...

Northern Iowa Panthers (9-9, 4-3 MVC) at Southern Illinois Salukis (3-12, 1-5 MVC) Carbondale, Illinois; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Southern Illinois hosts Northern Iowa after Gift Uchenna ...

For over a year, CBS News investigated the disappearance and death of Kowal, a widow and retired health care executive from Galena, Illinois. Kowal became involved in a romance scam with a man she ...

So close, Illinois came – again – to making a move for the No. 1 spot in these Big Ten power rankings. But losing at Michigan State by an eyelash despite the Illini's best player being ...

The Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (TCWR) says it is bringing in all 33 big cats from Big Cat Rescue, an animal sanctuary based in Tampa, Florida that featured in the popular Netflix series ...

Big Ten heavyweights clash in a top-25 showdown as No. 12 Michigan State hosts No. 19 Illinois on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans (15-2) are riding a 10-game winning streak for the first time since ...

Certainly not Sunday. No. 19 Illinois (13-4, 5-2 Big Ten) will visit Breslin Center for Sunday’s noon tip. The Fighting Illini are the highest-rated team Michigan State has faced since Kansas in ...

I-CASH, the state's program to return unclaimed money, processed 331,032 claims last year, according to a Jan. 14 press release from Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs. A claim filed by one ...

The Oracle co-founder had no obvious ties to Michigan and even attended a different Big Ten school (Illinois ... trend of a population shift from northern states to the Sun Belt.

ORIGINAL: January 16, 11:07 a.m. -- Authorities have issued an Amber Alert in a northern Illinois community after police said a child was abducted. The Rock Island Police Department stated they ...