Peter Medlin

“I said, ‘Hey, there might be a chance that we might not come back in person.’ I just wanted to let them know," said 3rd-grade teacher Jorge Alfaro.

Learn more about how the 2,000-year-old mummy got there, who it was and what the school has been doing with her all these years.

The deadline to meet the mandate was pushed back several weeks to allow teachers to get a shot or find regular testing.

Illinois high schools will soon be required to offer media literacy classes. This school is already teaching the skills across every class.

Illinois will require news literacy courses at every high school. The hope is that the classes will provide the next generation with tools to maneuver the internet's misinformation minefield.

We discuss concerns about the Delta variant as cases rise. The governor announced masks must be worn by all individuals in state facilities. Also, schools are trying to determine the best approach with classes set to begin in a few weeks. Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger was on the national stage as hearings into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol got underway. What does his participation mean for his political future?

Some Illinois public universities are mandating vaccines. Community colleges are not, but they still have restrictions in place.

There are only weeks left to save the Byron Nuclear Plant. Residents are getting worried about the thousands of jobs on the line, not to mention the ripple effects through every part of their community.

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that all high school sports are now allowed to play in regions that are in Phase 4 of the State’s...

December is usually the time when families sit in crowded stuffy school gymnasiums for the annual elementary school holiday concert. But because of COVID-19, local music programs had to get creative.