OTTAWA, Ill. — Historic Ottawa is a two-hour drive southwest of the Loop and is Chicago’s sister city. It’s home to the first Lincoln-Douglas debate, great restaurants and so much more. Take a walk ...

Following a tumultuous season that featured the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, Illinois menʼs basketball kicked off its 2023-24 season with a 116-65 win over Ottawa. In the Illiniʼs first ...

After a summer of recruiting, training and European exhibitions, the time has come for fans to flock to State Farm Center as No. 25 Illinois men’s basketball gets set to tip off for the first time in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OTTAWA, Ill. — Governor Rauner visited ...

Illinois coach Brad Underwood refused to get caught up too much into the moment. He knows Friday's victory against NAIA opponent Ottawa was just an exhibition. Still, he liked what he saw in 116-65 ...

The Winter Storm Warning includes Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Lake, Ogle, Lee, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, LaSalle, Kendall, Grundy, ...

Many roadways across central Illinois remain snow covered. Expect slippery travel conditions. The combination of wind and ...

Illinois is heading into a bitter post-Thanksgiving weekend, with a major winter storm bringing plunging temperatures and a ...

Her eyes welling with tears, her hands trembling, she drew her breath deeply and began to speak, slowly at first, her pace increasing as her story reached its crescendo, tears spilling over and ...

One person was confirmed dead in Ottawa in north-central Illinois after a tornado touched down there, part of a storm that produced severe weather across the northern part of the state Tuesday ...

Joe Colborn, better known as Joe "JoBo" Bohannon on Chicago radio, died this week. B96, where Colborn spent many years on the ...