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Griffin Museum of Science and Industry gives Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle a cleaning
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (35+ words) The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry did a little spring cleaning this past week to spruce up a fan favorite artifact. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry gives Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle a cleaning...
6 wounded, including 2 Illinois State University students, in Normal, Illinois shooting
44+ min ago (168+ words) Updated on: March 22, 2026 / 12:20 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Two Illinois State University students were among six people wounded in a mass shooting in downstate Normal, Illinois, early Sunday. Normal police said on social media that at 2:40 a.m., they were called for multiple…...
NCAA tournament success has Illinois basketball way ahead of schedule
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (680+ words) Every Illinois basketball fan is celebrating the men's program right now, but what the women did on Saturday night was impressive. The Illini entered the NCAA tournament as a No. 7 seed, which was the highest the program has been in…...
Illinois basketball is more equipped to handle Houston in NCAA tournament this time
8+ hour, 17+ min ago (781+ words) Illinois basketball is now heading back to the NCAA tournament Sweet 16 for the second time in three seasons. This type of success for the Illini hasn't happened since the 2003-04 and 2004-05 stretch. Brad Underwood has Illinois clicking at exactly the right…...
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry gives Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle a spring cleaning
59+ min ago (310+ words) March 22, 2026 / 11:58 AM CDT / CBS Chicago The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry did a little spring cleaning this past week to spruce up a fan favorite artifact. The team at the iconic museum cleaned Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle this week....
TimeLine Theatre hosts community preview of new Uptown location
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (32+ words) The TimeLine Theatre this weekend celebrated its new home in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. TimeLine Theatre hosts community preview of new Uptown location TimeLine Theatre hosts community preview of new Uptown location...
Cuba suffers second nationwide power outage in less than a week
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (49+ words) The country has been seeing energy issues after the U.S. put an embargo on any oil being sent there, as President Trump calls for regime change. Cuba suffers second nationwide power outage in less than a week Cuba suffers second nationwide…...
Illinois' NCAA path blocked by Houston, a powerhouse that will hard to handle in Sweet 16
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (380+ words) It's shoot first, ask questions later for Illinois' men's basketball team in this NCAA Tournament. We're talking Super Soakers in the locker room, of course. After a 76-55 win against VCU in Greenville, South Carolina, the Illini sprayed at will, the…...
Giannoulias warns of new round of scam texts purporting to come from his office
2+ hour ago (168+ words) March 22, 2026 / 10:57 AM CDT / CBS Chicago Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it. The messages threaten vehicle registration…...
Canada's Mohammed Ahmed finishes first in Chicago's Shamrock Shuffle
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (360+ words) March 22, 2026 / 10:39 AM CDT / CBS Chicago Canadian distance runner and four-time Olympian Mohammed Ahmed came in first in Chicago's Shamrock Shuffle on Sunday. Ahmed finished the 8K in 22:59 at 8:52:59 a.m. He was followed among the men by Americans Chandler Gibbens at 23:04 and JP…...