Police in the northwest Chicago suburb of Palatine are asking the community for help in reopening a missing persons case that has been unsolved for 27 years. Anthony Klama, Tony for short, was ...

Jane, long thought to be a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, has been reclassified as a new species called Nanotyrannus lethaeus, according to a recent study by researchers Dr. Lindsay Zanno and Dr. James ...

The state of Illinois has paused issuance and renewal of non-domiciled CDLs for non-citizen drivers with temporary work authorization there, according to a Freedom of Information Act request for ...

BELLEVILLE — Jim Miller was in a good mood when he popped into his sports memorabilia store in downtown Belleville.

Kingsley Elementary and the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies both dropped from the “commendable” category to the “targeted” category in the newly released 2025 Illinois State Report Card.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The latest data from the Illinois State Board of Education shows a stark contrast in performance across eight school districts in northern Illinois, with Hononegah earning the ...

Illinois’ schools report card was released this week, and while it showed increased student proficiency in key areas, a scoring change sparked discussion. Those higher proficiency rates were found in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois public schools are showing signs of steady recovery and progress in the wake of the pandemic, according to the 2025 Illinois Report Card released Thursday. The ...

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. SPRINGFIELD — The first school report card issued under Illinois’ new, revised scoring system shows higher student ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. On the first standardized test results reported ...