Indiana is in position to do something it hasn’t since 2020: Beat a ranked opponent. The No. 19 Hoosiers host No. 9 Illinois in the Big Ten opener for two teams trying to break through to the upper echelon of the conference with the likes of Ohio State, Penn State and Oregon.

Two weeks ago, U.S. Steel notified workers in Granite City, Ill., that plant operations would cease in November. On Friday, U.S. Steel said it has reversed its plan.

An online database compiled by Turning Point USA, affiliated with slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, identifies nearly 50 Illinois college instructors it labels "radical professors."

U.S. Steel reversed course and said Friday that it will continue processing raw steel at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois, nixing a decision that had put the plant on track to stop work in the coming weeks.

An Illinois state senator's home was one of two damaged by gunfire Tuesday morning in Chicago's southwest suburbs. State Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, a Democrat, said in a Facebook post that she and her family were not hurt when their home in Shorewood was hit.

The U.S. Department of Justice under the Trump administration plans to present five minutes of oral arguments on the side of the plaintiffs and against the state’s law. The case will be heard by the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Monday in Chicago.

Week 4 of Illinois high school football in the Peoria-area is here. Here are live updates and highlights from IHSA football on Friday night.

Several people were detained in an early morning ICE raid in Elgin, Illinois, Tuesday, which was shared on social media by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.