Over ¾ of consumers plan to do at least half of their holiday shopping online this year.

The head of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services said the agency has made big gains in reducing chronic staff shortages this year.

Due to flooding, erosion, and deterioration due to climate change, Little Grassy Lake will be drained starting this month.

After weeks of testimony, the prosecution could soon rest in the racketeering and conspiracy case against the former Illinois House Speaker and his close advisor.

A ruling Thursday by the federal appeals court in Chicago allows the law to remain in place while the legal controversy it’s generated continues to work its way through the courts.

The state’s largest private water utility, Illinois American Water, will increase customer bills in the new year.

Brandon Brown's vehicle reached speeds in excess of 110+ MPH in a posted 55 MPH speed zone.

Nobody was hurt in an overnight standoff in Carbondale.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announces management changes at the Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area.

Today, Governor JB Pritzker received an international award in Paris, France, honoring the State of Illinois' leadership and innovation.

Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we introduce a brand-new series from SIU Press: Illinois Lives – Memoirs from the Prairie State.

Illinois lacked the needed population at the time. But that didn't stop those committed to becoming part of the union.

Yoon's martial law decree plunged South Korea into political turmoil and caused worry among its key diplomatic partners.

Morton and nearby towns in central Mississippi saw the biggest workplace ICE raids in the country in 2019, when nearly 700 workers were arrested from chicken processing plants. Five years later, the impact is still felt here, even as activists and immigrants brace for more workplace raids under a second Trump term.

Russian strikes continue to destroy Ukraine's power grid, prompting nationwide power cuts while temperatures drop. Workers at a damaged plant try to restore its operation before the winter freeze.

Trump promised to "drill, baby, drill." What does that actually mean for the U.S. oil and gas industry – and other types of energy, too?

A packed house honored the Grateful Dead, director Francis Ford Coppola, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt. The venerable Harlem theater The Apollo also was recognized.

Including the Dallas-based auction house's fee, the unknown buyer will ultimately pay $32.5 million for the pair of iconic ruby slippers that were stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago.

Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, was added as a defendant on Sunday in a lawsuit first filed in October. The anonymous accuser said the assault happened at an MTV music awards after-party.

Assad's downfall came less than two weeks after an initial incursion west of the country's second largest city, Aleppo, triggered a cascading series of routs and retreats by the demoralized Syrian military.

The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him to flee the country.

President-elect Trump lays out plan for his first 100 days during interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press."

Pediatric cancer survival rates are a crowning medical achievement. But the impact of missing school is a less-discussed side effect children then face.

Their job is to keep the peace amid a worsening and at times deadly conflict between humans and the world's largest land animal in the town of Livingstone, Zambia.