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The two cities mostly focused on cultural and professional exchanges but now Arlington has a new mission: sending humanitarian aid to its partner city.

ISU's Board of Trustees approved the new degree program last year. After it launches in August, it's expected to draw 50-60 students per year. State Farm's gift will be split between faculty recruitment and student scholarships.

While the Tri-County area produced its most deaths linked to COVID-19 over a seven-day stretch since late January, the region also saw active...

Tri-County health officials Tuesday reported 13 more Peoria County deaths linked to COVID-19 over the three-day weekend, along with the passing of a...

More than 1,700 people have evacuated from a neighborhood on Hawaii's Big Island following a volcanic eruption last week. Ground fissures continue to spew lava and gas into residential neighborhoods.

Gov. JB Pritzker issued 9,219 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions on Thursday, New Year’s Eve, while announcing the Illinois State Police had...

The graph of average number of new COVID-19 cases in central Illinois looks a bit like a roller coaster, with small hills. Three recent outbreaks caused...

A federal lawsuit has been filed by a woman who claims LaSalle County sheriff's deputies violated her civil rights when they forcibly stripped her…

The legal match between lawyers for the two presidential candidates continued today in the Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee, Florida. Vice President Gore is challenging the state's certification of Texas Governor George W. Bush as the winner of its crucial Electoral College votes. The next hearing on the issues in that case is scheduled for Saturday, but today both teams of lawyers were in a Leon County courtroom anyway, arguing over how many ballots ought to be brought from South Florida to Tallahassee for safekeeping and possible recounting. The judge sided with Bush attorneys who asked for a larger number of ballots to be brought up to the state capitol, not just the 14-thousand disputed ballots requested by the Gore legal team. NPR's Steve Inskeep has the news from the courthouse.