16+ hour, 56+ min ago  (492+ words) $1 million winning ticket sold at Deerfield gas station this week DEERFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The Powerball jackpot has soared to one of the largest in the lottery game's history. The current jackpot is estimated to be $1.7 billion for the drawing on Christmas…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (75+ words) CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's still time to get a gift under the tree that is made in Illinois. The Illinois Office of Tourism is out with its "Illinois-Made Holiday Gift Guide." Seventeen small businesses from across the state are featured. From…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (172+ words) CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new law is expanding property tax relief for senior homeowners. The tax deferral program increases income eligibility for the 2025 tax year and beyond. The deadline to apply for the 2025 Senior tax deferral program is March 1, 2026. According to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (204+ words) AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- West suburban police are looking for the suspect who shot a man as he pumped gas early Monday morning. Aurora police officers responded to the Mobil gas station at 300 South Broadway around 3:45 a.m. Responding officers found a 49-year-old man…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (137+ words) CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new report shows Illinois is making progress shrinking the gender pay gap, but disparities in pay still persist, particularly for some minority workers. Professor Robert Bruno, director of labor education and the Project for Middle Class Renewal…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (99+ words) CHICAGO -- Prairie Farms is recalling certain gallons of fat-free milk because they may contain food-grade cleaning agents. The milk was produced at the company's Dubuque, Iowa facility and sold at Woodman's stores in Illinois and Wisconsin. The affected products carry…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (726+ words) Jayden Lockhart proposed to his girlfriend on Thursday in front of the family he helped. AURORA, Ill. -- An Aurora family celebrated their second Thanksgiving dinner this week with a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who came to their father's aid last year…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (378+ words) CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are new details Friday about some of the costs associated with the controversial immigration enforcement effort in Chicago. According to Sen. Dick Durbin's office, the National Guard deployment cost taxpayers nearly $20 million. There has been significant political…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (523+ words) Democratic Congresswoman Robin Kelly, Lt. Govenor Juliana Stratton also vying for Senate seat CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dozens of Black clergy gathered Thursday on Chicago's West Side to send a message about the race for the U.S. Senate in Illinois. The seat is…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (325+ words) CHICAGO (WLS) -- Starting Friday, some of the nearly two million people in Illinois who rely on SNAP will begin receiving partial payments. This comes after a judge ordered the Trump Administration to fully fund the SNAP program by Friday. The…...