The biggest shopping day of the year may be Black Friday, but the cannabis equivalent happens the day before Thanksgiving. Despite potential health risks, "Green Wednesday" has been named the ...

Starting Wednesday, Illinois residents will be able to use their iPhones to show their driver’s license at select airports, restaurants and bars. Under a major digital shift that Secretary of State ...

Illinois iPhone users trying to add their driver's licenses and state IDs into their Apple Wallets may hit a snag in the process. Beginning at 7 a.m. Wednesday, the Illinois Secretary of State rolled ...

Brad Underwood's pivot to largely recruiting internationally at Illinois has received a lot of attention in recent months thanks to names on his roster like Andrej Stojakovic, Mhihalo Petrovic, ...

More Americans are opting for a different kind of buzz to go with their food comas this Thanksgiving. As regulation around cannabis and other drugs has eased up, it’s spread into everything, including ...

Mayor Katrina Thompson of Broadview, Illinois declared a "civil emergency" Monday, citing "serious and credible bomb and death threats" and warnings of attempts to disrupt village government after out ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — On Wednesday, The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) slashed Ameren Illinois’ natural gas rate request by nearly half, cutting $55.8 million from the proposed $128.8 million ...

Although millions of Americans use cannabis for medical reasons, new research suggests that there is not enough evidence to support much of that medicinal use. The research, published in the Journal ...

Illinois residents will soon be able to use digital IDs and digital driver's licenses, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias's office confirmed to NBC Chicago's Kye Martin ahead of an planned ...

A predawn search of a Blue Island home landed 38-year-old Joshua Gray in the Cook County Jail after deputies say they turned ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Smoking marijuana can lead to markedly lower short-term alcohol use, according to a first-of-its-kind study that adds a new layer to the ...

CHICAGO — Alabama basketball blew into Chi-Town to knock the wind out of the sails of a previously undefeated Illinois team. After taking its first loss of the 2025-26 season the previous Thursday, ...