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A survey summary shows that a high-end EF2, possible multi-vortex, tornado with estimated peak winds around 130 mph started along Highway 20, southwest of Lena IL, and tracked through Lena before lifting just southwest of McConnell.

Rockford, DeKalb, and Aurora were among the 3,000+ cities holding rallies and marches Saturday.

Quarter-sized? Golfball-sized? Softball? Bigger? Severe March storms dumped record-breaking hail on Kankakee. And now it's official.

The Ogle County Sheriff’s Office and Constellation Energy have each issued statements related to chemical exposure involving employees working during the outage at the Constellation Generating Station located at 4405 N. German Church Road in Byron, Illinois.

The USGS confirms a 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Springfield.

WNIJ education reporter Peter Medlin sat down with IL State Senator Karina Villa (D) to talk about her new 'Safe Schools for All' law that went into effect January 1st.

Starved Rock State Park will undergo an $18 million improvement project over the next year.

Thousands of jobs are expected to return to Belvidere as Stellantis announces a plan to reopen its assembly plant.

A bill waiting for Governor J.B. Pritzker’s signature would provide more transparency about homeless students in the state and how schools use money meant to support them. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports…

The healthcare nonprofit also agree to offer reinstatement to employees fired under its policy on the vaccine