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Illinois to boost funding for Planned Parenthood by $4 million

Why are health insurance premiums spiking in 2026? Here’s what to know

How Chicago Bears’ Josh Blackwell found a niche on special teams to make game-winning plays

Kick off the new year with a First Day hike at northern Illinois state parks

‘So evident he’s part of us’: Man searching for birth family finds 8 siblings – who embraced him as their own

Data centers, protests, a new pope and more: These 10 stories defined northern Illinois in 2025

Sophomore Jayden Zepeda’s 22 points off the bench sends Plano past Sandwich into Classic semifinals

Newman’s Garret Matznick scores 25 in win over Forreston: Saturday’s Sauk Valley roundup

Friday Night Drive’s 2025 Team of the Year

2025 Friday Night Drive Offensive Player of the Year: Montini’s Israel Abrams

CCL/ESCC football: Here are top Class of 2027 prospects to watch

Notebook: Princeton’s Charlie Waca to be inducted into the IHSFCA Hall of Fame

Rich Miller: SAFE-T Act criticism after Blue Line attack is mostly misguided

Eye On Illinois: Justices suggest McLean County’s new family court be scaled statewide

Paperwork: Warning: This headline is a trick to get you to read me

Eye On Illinois: Federal grant money still coming to our leading universities

Toby Moore: For your benefit

Eye On Illinois: K-12 funding requests an exercise in understanding EBF, MCAT, SCGP and more

Eye On Illinois: To what extent can government reduce otherwise preventable maternity deaths?

Wolter: Early development of the telephone in north-central Illinois

Kick off the new year with a First Day hike at northern Illinois state parks

5 Things to Do: New Year’s Eve events, last chance for holiday light shows

What Chicago Bears coordinators said Wednesday ahead of playing the 49ers

Northern Illinois sports stories that had everyone talking in 2025

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

Mild weather ends hopes of a white Christmas