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Hundreds of Illinois kids are held in county juvenile detention centers while they wait for their court proceeding. In annual inspections, the state has found several don’t meet state health, safety and quality standards year after year. Whose job is it to get them into compliance? WNIJ's Peter Medlin reports

Las escuelas en Illinois disciplinan a los estudiantes negros a tasas mucho más altas que los estudiantes blancos. Una escuela secundaria de Springfield bajo un decreto de consentimiento para eliminar la segregación reparte más violaciones disciplinarias por estudiante negro que casi cualquier otra escuela en el estado.Emily Hays informa sobre la segunda parte de una serie estatal de tres partes sobre las disparidades disciplinarias de los estudiantes negros.

Schools in Illinois discipline Black students at much higher rates than white students. A Springfield high school under a consent decree to desegregate hands out more discipline violations per Black student than almost any other school in the state.Emily Hays reports on part two of a three-part, statewide series on Black student discipline disparities.

Schools in Illinois suspend Black students at much higher rates than white students.In part one of a series, we take you to a Rockford middle school that is an outlier.It hands out the most discipline violations per Black student of any school in the state. WNIJ's Peter Medlin reports …

A new report ranked Illinois 7th in the country for education. But what factors are they weighing? Peter Medlin reports…

The world's largest operating steam train is on its way to Philadelphia to celebrate the nation's 250th.

The Illinois legislative session ends at the end of the month. One measure was created by a Naperville high school student. Peter Medlin has the story . . .

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.