Freeport

The 4th annual Northwest Illinois Airshow is this Saturday at Albertus Airport in Freeport, Il.

Local news coverage has all but disappeared in many Illinois communities. In Freeport, citizen journalists -- including local high school students -- are trying to help fill in the gaps. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin talked with Freeport High School students about their journalism experience.

It’s summer vacation -- but we’re still in session here on Teachers' Lounge! We put on our backpack to head to social justice summer camp & talked with a special education teacher about his journey from teaching in the Philippines to Illinois.

On a new Teachers’ Lounge, Eugene’s journey to become a teacher was not an easy one. Hear a special education teacher’s story from growing up in poverty in the Philippines to advocating for his students in Illinois.

Last week, police in 19 Illinois counties received false school shooting threats, known as swatting, on the same day.

The two actors developed an emotional connection to the story.

It looks like a civic arts plaza proposed for downtown Freeport will happen, and officials from the city and the Freeport Art Museum have high hopes for…

Fourteen people, including Reverend Jesse Jackson, were arrested Wednesday afternoon after marching onto the grounds of the Sensata Technologies factory…