Illinois has passed a bill creating a direct admissions program for nine of the state’s 11 public universities, Capital News Illinois reported Monday; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...

Illinois students won’t need to fill out applications for most state universities to be admitted — if they have high enough grades.

Five occupants of a Madison County house managed to escape with their lives after it exploded, but all suffered burns and ...

Illinois' new laws enable automatic state university admission based on GPA and aim to simplify college cost and access.