Most Illinois school buses run on diesel fuel, which just hit another record price. It’s just one of several factors pushing school transportation costs to what some say is a crisis level. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports…

YaYa Biggs joins us to play song from their new, debut album Strictly Biggness.

Funds from a McHenry County nonprofit craft show will help fund mental health agencies.

Poet Carl Sandburg knew blue collar culture – You know, “hog butcher for the world” and all that. Maybe that’s why he latched onto the lowly pawpaw, the “poor man’s banana,” as the root of a decades-long joke he shared with friends (who got it), the President of the United States (who didn’t get it), and reporters (who knows if they got it, but it made a fun story!).

Republican Liz Bishop is calling for a fresh review of allegations involving her opponent in Illinois’ 76th District. It comes as an interim ethics watchdog takes over in Springfield next month. State Representative Amy “Murri” Briel continues to deny accusations filed by a former staffer alleging sexual harassment and drug use in her office.

The 3rd annual Pawpaw Festival takes place in Paw Paw, Illinois on Saturday.

Just after midnight on March 29, 2024, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy Christina Musil was pronounced dead after her squad car was struck by a semitruck operated by an intoxicated driver. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, a stretch of State Route 23 where she was killed was renamed and dedicated in her honor at Afton Forest Preserve.

Many professions give clients one-on-one time with the person providing the service and those conversations may open the door to the client’s personal life. One retired St. Charles tax expert kept those stories going after the sessions ended.

Northern Illinois University celebrated its 17th annual STEM Fest around the university’s MLK Commons on Saturday, Sept. 19. Intermittent rainstorms didn’t dampen curious spirits at the free, family-friendly science-based exhibition.