On a new show, we talk with our classroom correspondent about immigration anxiety in English as a Second Language classrooms, catch up with students from Kaneland High School’s student-run news magazine, and bring you even more education stories and conversations.

We're revisiting our 2022 chat with Princeton middle school social studies teacher David Gray.He and his students worked on a project called “The Four Freedoms & Beyond," based on President Franklin Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union speech just before the U.S. entered World War II.

Folk-pop duo Towse stopped by WNIJ while on tour through the Midwest.

An Aurora food bank is already seeing an increase in need as SNAP benefits expire November 1st. Peter Medlin reports…

Illinois released new education data on Thursday. Peter Medlin reports on how Rockford Public Schools performed…

Who’s haunting your local theater? The Under Rocks team goes in search of theater ghost lights…and finds a whole lot more.

Dan Bernstein began hosting Chicago sports podcasts for Hubbard Broadcastings 312 Sports in August.

Poetry may not be the first thing that enters your mind as Halloween approaches, but the DeKalb Public Library will tie the two things together in its upcoming event.

Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's featured poet is Michael Lee Johnson.