3 days ago in Entertainment, Holiday Guide, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Where’s Santa? Track him here!

We're helping the kids get ready for Christmas!

4 days ago in Education, History, IL State News, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Emancipation Proclamation back on display at ALPLM, for a limited time

It will be available through early February as part of the "Lincoln:  A Life and Legacy That Defined a Nation" exhibit.

4 days ago in Crime, IL State News, Local, National

Illinois members of Congress are latest to tour immigration facilities after judge’s ruling

“This visit will not end our responsibility. We will follow up,” Jackson said. “We will be back and we’ll demand answers.”

4 days ago in Crime, IL State News, Local, National, ZZZ App Top Stories

Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now

“At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” the high court majority wrote.

4 days ago in IL State News, Local, National, ZZZ App Top Stories

Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois

Leo said he had spoken “explicitly” with Gov. JB Pritzker and urged him to not sign the bill into law.

4 days ago in Crime, IL State News, Local, National, ZZZ App Top Stories

DOJ sues Illinois’ governor over laws protecting immigrants at courthouses and hospitals

Lawrence Benito, executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, called the laws “a brave choice.”

4 days ago in Crime, IL State News, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Police: Suspect who died in police custody dragged LeRoy officer

The driver has since been identified by the Logan County Coroner has 66-year-old Richard Saunders of Guttenberg, Iowa.

4 days ago in Crime, IL State News, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Attorney to Pritzker: Release man from prison who’s innocent of 1989 murder

Investigating Innocence wants Tom McMillen released before Christmas.

4 days ago in Health & Wellness, IL State News, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Liver disease among causes of alcohol-related deaths in parts of Illinois

One section of the state seems to have a dubious honor.

4 days ago in IL State News, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Fire dangers still lurk leading up to Christmas

Many items in your home are made with petroleum-based products, increasing fire danger in your home.

5 days ago in Sports, Trending

Jalen Hurts and the Eagles win their second NFC East title in a row by beating the Commanders 29-18

As the percussive horns of Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke" filled the air, Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni — wearing a black T-shirt bearing the words, "Been there, won that" — made the rounds in the locker room, offering hand clasps and back slaps to his players after they accomplished something that hadn't happened in two decades: win a second consecutive NFC East title.

5 days ago in Entertainment

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ launches with $88M domestically, $345M worldwide

"Avatar: Fire and Ash" opened with $345 million in worldwide sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, notching the second-best global debut of the year and potentially putting James Cameron on course to set yet more blockbuster records.

5 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Pop culture in 2025: A ring for Taylor, an ill-timed KissCam … and whatever ‘6-7’ means

From the inexplicable to the familiar, here's our annual, highly selective journey down pop culture memory lane.

5 days ago in World

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says progress in US-led peace talks is ‘quite solid’

Initial drafts of U.S. proposals for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia meet many of Kyiv's demands, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, although he suggested that neither side in the almost four-year war is likely to get everything it wants in talks on reaching a settlement.

5 days ago in National

Hundreds mourn Brown University sophomore Ella Cook, killed in campus shooting

A Brown University sophomore who was killed in an attack at the Rhode Island university was remembered Monday as "smart, confident, curious, kind, principled, brave," at a funeral in her home state of Alabama.

5 days ago in IL State News, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

You can’t get that on a license plate

Watch the video here of Giannoulias showing you what's been banned.

5 days ago in Business, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Save-a-Lot Springfield location to close Christmas Eve

No reason was given for the closure.

5 days ago in Agriculture, IL State News, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Train partially derails in Christian County

Norfolk Southern told WAND News that three cars derailed, two of which were spilled grain.

5 days ago in Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Divernon Fire Protection District receives grant for new equipment

Radio and other equipment will be upgraded.

6 days ago in Agriculture, IL State News, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Illinois Farm Bureau re-elects Phillip Nelson as President

Nelson explains the reasoning that farming is getting hard in this day and age.