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Emily Hays/IPMSchools 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. -
Sherb Noble opens the world's first Dairy Queen in Joliet, Illinois, on June 22, 1940.
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Guitarist Riley Martin stops by with his organ trio to play live and talk with us. -
This weekend, the Natural Land Institute is opening the Silver Creek Woods Preserve for what it calls a bioblitz -
Memphis-based artist Kirsten Sandlin's mural was selected by the Citizens’ Community Enhancement Commission as part of the America 250 initiative and commemorates DeKalb’s place along America’s first transcontinental roadway from New York to San Francisco. -
An Aurora outdoor concert venue is reopening after being closed for more than a year. The ribbon cutting is June 18 at 6 p.m. -
Illinois is experiencing the wettest June in years. -
13-WREX news and sports anchor Derek Bayne shares career highlights, love for the Stateline area. -
A Rockford theater troupe will celebrate Poet Langston Hughes, unnamed women in the bible and a local playwright with its reading series. -
Days after heavy rains, strong winds, and tornadoes wreaked havoc in northern and central Illinois, another round of severe weather may be in store for Wednesday. -
A Rockford musician is helping the city celebrate Black culture through a series of summer concerts. WNIJ’s Yvonne Boose attended this summer’s kick-off event to learn more about the man behind the music. -
A new guide for farmers' trusted advisors is out. The Nature Conservancy says it's going make regenerative agriculture easier to adopt in the Midwest and beyond.
