Illinois

The state is hoping that a renaming of the Asian Carp will be enough to motivate consumers to take a chance on the fish

Winnebago county residents and friends have over 11,000 acres of natural area to enjoy throughout the summer.

Among other things, Ashley Ray is a comedian, TV critic, writer, and podcast host. She proclaims herself to be “the most famous bisexual solo polyamorous Black queer comedian. “

Heat Advisory in northern Illinois remains in effect until Wednesday at 8pm CDT

“A great many of our students that get pulled out of their home schools on an EIA, would be for having a vape on them. Pushing that kid out of school, who is often a student on track and doing well in school, to kick them out -- we're not owning their education anymore, and outsourcing it. It really doesn't do anything to repair the harm that was done," said RPS' chief of schools.

Three peregrine falcons hatched atop the old Rockford Register Start building in early May.

"When I started teaching, as a teacher, you were extremely isolated. You were closed in this room with them. In my second year of teaching, I had 50 3rd graders!"

“I was so disappointed and disoriented by people's complete lack of understanding. I actually brought it up right early at the beginning of the year, and it got tucked away for the first two quarters. And when we approached nonfiction, our third quarter of research-based writing, we're going, ‘Hey, we’ve got to be a little different.’”

Claire Comerford and her little sister are middle school students in Romeoville. On their first day of summer vacation, they joined a crowd protesting the school shooting in Texas. Their sign said “No more silence, end gun violence.”

Two students, one high schooler and one middle schooler, sit down to talk about what school's been like the past two years