Mexican Independence Day is next week Sep. 16 and many groups across the Chicagoland are postponing or canceling their celebrations out of fear that U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement will show up. The City of Aurora made a different choice. Over the weekend, it celebrated… and WNIJ’s Yvonne Boose was there.

Northern Illinois University’s fall enrollment numbers are in. Peter Medlin has the details…

The grant will support renovations and new construction to complete Phase One of an eventual six-acre campus in Rockford.

Student interest in career & technical education programs like welding and automotive is surging across the United States. As WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports, Waubonsee Community College just opened its own massive new Technical Education Center to meet the demand.

An annual Janesville art event will add two more murals to the city.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month and the National Alliance on Mental Illness is reminding everyone about the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline.

Joey Brewer has spent the past two decades teaching history and social studies at rural schools in western Illinois -- the region of the state often known as Forgottonia.

BB & The Billies are a trio out of Rochelle, IL playing a mix of Americana, country, and rock n' roll.

Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s poet is Karen Fullett-Christensen

The City of Woodstock is aware of public concern and questions raised on social media regarding law enforcement activity that took place on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, on Church Street.