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Culture Maven: Sexual Misconduct Has A Starring Role In Hollywood

Kevin Spacey. Harvey Weinstein. And now, Matt Lauer and Garrison Keillor.The news and entertainment industries are embroiled in ongoing sex scandals that…

Large Field of Candidates File To Run for 2021 Peoria Municipal Elections

Peoria has a full slate of candidates running for local offices next year.

The roll call of the Illinois House after approving final details of the downstate police and fire pension consolidation measure on Nov. 13

Illinois Lawmakers Advance Police And Fire Pension Pooling Idea

Illinois lawmakers Wednesday advanced a plan to pool more than 650 downstate and suburban police and fire pension funds. Passing the measure out of both...

Rep. Joyce Beatty, who was pepper-sprayed at a demonstration Saturday, said she understands sentiments that attempting to have a "healthy dialogue" haven't worked, but that "violence doesn't work — violence either way."

Ohio Congresswoman Pepper-Sprayed While Demonstrating Against Death Of George Floyd

Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat, was demonstrating in Columbus when she got caught in an altercation between a protester and police.

Crime scene tape outlines the perimeter of the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss., on Nov. 22. A member of the church has been arrested and charged with arson for the Nov. 1 burning of the building, the Associated Press reports.

Parishioner Arrested For November Arson Of Black Church In Mississippi

On Nov. 1, a church in Greenville, Miss., was torched and "Vote Trump" was painted on a wall. Now a member of that church has been charged with arson. Officials have not provided a motive.

Gold medalist Scottie Scheffler, of the United States, poses with his medal following the medal ceremony for men's golf during the medal ceremony at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Sunday, Aug. 4.

Scottie Scheffler wins Olympic gold after a comeback victory

Scheffler ties course record at France's Le Golf National to win gold for the United States

New NPR poll finds Trump's lowest approval on the economy, ever

A new NPR poll finds that the majority of Americans are not satisfied with President Trump's handling of the economy.

A New Look at King Tut

The new Tutankhamun exhibit is one of the most highly anticipated art shows this year, generating the kind of buzz the boy king once garnered when artifacts from his tomb first toured the United States more than a generation ago.

Teachers Mariah Besas and Kyle Seiverd. (Courtesy)

From air quality to elephants, how teachers in New Jersey are personalizing climate change education

New Jersey is the first state to mandate all of its public schools, starting in kindergarten, to incorporate lessons about climate change into the curriculum.

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin launches his GOP bid for governor in a campaign video Monday.

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin enters Republican contest for governor with expected financial backing from GOP mega-donor

The mayor of Illinois’ second-largest city officially launched his campaign for governor on Monday, seeking the Republican nomination in a crowded field seeking to take out Gov. JB Pritzker in the November election.

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