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No fee, essays or recommendations: Illinois high school students can use new program to apply to college

Lawmakers advance Pritzker’s cellphone ban, social media regulations

Illinois House committee advances bill banning immigration detention centers near homes, schools

Pritzker: Bears stadium deal should happen ‘sooner rather than later’

FDA removes menopause hormone therapy warning after 20 years, opening new options for women

Historical covers for March 25: County Crops for Year Reach Staggering Total

2025-26 Herald-News Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Providence’s Landrie Callahan

2026 Northwest Herald Boys Wrestler of the Year: Marian Central’s Jimmy Mastny

CCL/ESCC football notes: Providence’s Broden Mackert, Lamar Winfield ready to build on strong junior seasons

CCL/ESCC football notes: Fenwick’s Jamen Williams signs to play quarterback at UIndy

L-P football revamps nonconference schedule for 2026 season

Friday Night Drive’s Top Receivers to Watch in 2026

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

5 Things to Do: Easter EGG-stravaganza in Yorkville, Adult Egg Hunt in Oswego this weekend

5 Things to Do: Spring Hike & Dine Experience, Comedy Night at Starved Rock Lodge

Legal battle intensifies over appointing special prosecutor for alleged ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ abuses

Raw milk proponents push for fewer restrictions on Illinois sales despite state health warnings

Historical covers for March 24: Hopes for quick war fade

Indiana woman charged in shooting deaths of Crete Township family