Wellington and his penguin pals became instant internet stars when videos showcasing their adventures inside the Shedd Aquarium's empty halls went viral last month.

Retailers across the nation are giving priority access to health care workers and first responders.

A man in his 70s who was hospitalized at Memorial Medical Center is the fifth person in Sangamon County to die from COVID-19, Sangamon County officials said Friday.

BLOOMINGTON - On Friday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker extended the state's school closures through the end of the academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fueled in part by human-caused climate change, a "megadrought" appears to be emerging in the western U.S., a study published Thursday suggests.

COVID-19 patients may be most infectious in the days before they began showing symptoms, a new study from researchers in China found.

Following the lead of nearby states, Gov.

A City Water, Light and Power supervisor was suspended for three days last month while four other utility employees currently face disciplinary action for their roles in a malfunction that caused more than $6 million in damage to Dallman Unit 33.The unit has been offline since the Nov. 12 incident, when a battery system failure caused it to trip.

This story about remote learning was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.