WNIJ News

Despite a Republican-led push for bills restricting abortion access, Illinois continues to serve as an abortion travel destination and celebrates 30 years of National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day this week.

Mike Thomas has been sworn in as the Interim Fire Chief for Sycamore. He previously served as Fire Chief in DeKalb.

The urgency comes as the Trump administration looks to roll back federal protections for some ‘seasonal’ waters that can temporarily dry up.

Appeal challenges law prohibiting nonviolent felons from possessing firearms

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 National Weather Service reports that several intense supercell thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.

Next week, it’s primary election time. One position on the ballot you might not know much about: your Regional Superintendent of Schools. WNIJ education reporter Peter Medlin spoke with Mark Klaisner, president of Illinois’ regional superintendent organization, to break it down:

Pekin will no longer consider having a data center built in the community. Mayor Mary Burress made the announcement Monday in a statement she read at a city council meeting.

Gov. Pritzker announced that global biotherapeutics firm CSL will invest nearly $1.5 billion to construct a new manufacturing facility in Kankakee, marking one of the largest life sciences investments in Illinois history.