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CHICAGO — Three people in Illinois have won $1 million on scratch-off lottery tickets, including two in Chicago. One of the winning “$10 Million Instant Ticket” was purchased in Jacksonville, Illinois, and the other two in Chicago. The tickets were sold at: RETAILER ADDRESS Party House 1818 W. Morton Ave.Jacksonville, IL BP Gas Station 2107 […]

Cameras used to catch suspected cop killer Chicago police said video footage from nearly 100 surveillance cameras helped them in their investigation into who killed Officer Luis Huesca. With the assistance from U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, Chicago Police found and arrested Xavier Tate Jr. in Glendale Heights. Tate is accused of fatally shooting and carjacking Huesca, a six-year veteran of the Chicago Police department. Google begins...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Creepy, crawly and noisy – 2024 marks the emergence of two different species of cicadas. Illinois will see the largest periodical cicada emergence in 221 years. Though we may not see both in the stateline you can travel to Springfield to see them overlap. Though...

A national nonprofit watchdog organization has released their bi-annual hospital report card and certain Springfield hospitals received a barely passing grade. As a parent, would you be upset to see your child’s report card filled with C’s and D’s? That's the grade Springfield hospitals were rated on safety, quality, and resource use from The Leapfrog Group.

When periodical cicadas appear in Illinois this month, they will mostly be from one of two groups in a rare dual emergence — an event unseen since 1803. The southern half of Illinois will see the appearance of Brood XIX, also known as the Great Southern Brood, which emerges every 13 years. (In addition, some early arrivals from the Mississippi Valley Brood may emerge.) The upper half of the state — including Chicago and Peoria — will see Brood XIII, the Northern Illinois Brood, on a 17-year cycle.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Loved ones and leaders gathered at the Illinois Police Officer Memorial Sculpture at the state capitol on Thursday. The service included a tribute to Chicago officers Andres Vasquez Lasso and Areanah Preston, both of whom lost their lives while on the job in 2023. Four other officers...

PADUCAH — With pushes from Washington to promote the use of solar power, including the Community Solar Consumers Choice Act of 2023 and the tax credit for rooftop solar, companies that sell solar power have begun pushing to install more systems, including in Kentucky and Illinois. Following reports of...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A bill moving in Springfield would allow more people to get help from the Illinois Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The plan would expand LIHEAP eligibility to people living in subsidized housing and individuals spending no more than 30% of their household income on rent.