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Dorothy Hoffner, 104, went skydiving Oct. 1 and died Monday in her sleep. Guinness World Records is still working to confirm if Hoffner broke the record for the oldest person to jump from a plane.

The architects of the museum’s concept and vision are now doing all they can to bring attention to it while celebrating the state’s passion for basketball.

A perfect storm of events last Friday led to a massive gas spill in rural Illinois, which resulted in five deaths and five more victims airlifted to area hospitals. Sheila Flynn details the terror brought on by the night’s disaster — and small communities’ tough questions as loved ones continue…

From DJ Moore's killer mentality to Greg Stroman's big plays, here are our takeaways from the Bears win over Washington.

The latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.

Offering shifting stories, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio is blocking the confirmation of April Perry and Rebecca Lutzko, tapped to be the U.S. attorneys in Chicago and Cleveland.

The three Illinois Republicans in the House, Mary Miller, Darin LaHood and Mike Bost, voted to keep McCarthy as speaker. All 14 Democrats from Illinois voted to remove him.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will put a motion on the floor that will determine his fate as speaker as he attempts to call the bluff of a small faction of the far-right lawmakers who are determined to see his removal from leadership

Members with potentially tight reelection bids ahead of them in 2024 filed a series of amendments to prevent the pay bump.

Five people were killed and five others hospitalized when a tanker truck hit a trailer, releasing ammonia fumes. About 500 residents of Teutopolis were evacuated.

The crash and the subsequent anhydrous ammonia leak led to the deaths of five people on Friday night