Illinois State University

Carmen Bolden Day wants to know what happened to her son, Jelani Day. The Illinois State University graduate student disappeared at the end of August. No one has seen or heard from him since. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Police investigating the disappearance of an Illinois State University graduate student are asking the public for tips as the search for the young man continues nearly a month after he vanished.

Illinois State University graduate student Jelani “JJ” Day disappeared on Aug. 24 and hasn’t been seen since.

Police investigating the disappearance of an Illinois State University graduate student are asking the public for tips as the search for the young man continues nearly a month after he vanished

Spring break will remain on the calendar for 2021 at Illinois State University. University officials announced Friday that an “overwhelming number” of faculty, staff and students who responded to a survey wanted the regular break preserved during the coronavirus pandemic. The university’s planning team had recommended canceling the spring break amid concern about travel during the break contributing to spread…

Students who attended a massive party near the Illinois State University campus despite coronavirus restrictions could face discipline, the university said, after video of the large gathering was posted to social media. Videos surfaced this week with the location tagged as ISU, appearing to show a large crowd of young people packed closely together, many without masks, screaming and drinking….

Video shows a crowd gathered at a large party that is now under investigation at Illinois State University.

Illinois State University will change the names of floors in a residence hall that are named for U.S. secretaries of state who owned enslaved people, according to an announcement from the college. Watterson Towers residence hall opened on campus in 1968 and consists of 10 houses. Out of the 10 houses, eight namesakes owned enslaved people, according to the college….

Aspiring string musicians in Illinois can sign up for a virtual camp offered by the Illinois State University String Project this month. The virtual camp is open to students of the violin, viola, cello and bass who are entering grades four through eight. Students must have at least one year of experience. The String Project typically holds weekly group classes…

On a recent sunny day, Derek Salata and Ryan Cermak got together to play catch at a park in suburban Westchester. These days, it’s the closest the two Illinois State baseball players can get to playing a game. “It’s weird and it’s something that’ll never happen in your lifetime again,” Cermak said. “Just knowing that a baseball season —...

It’s OK to feel comforted and to celebrate life when the topic of conversation is death. That’s the idea behind Death Cafe, a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes.

In April of 2014, a five-year-old girl was playing with her brothers on the grounds of the Econo Lodge in Terre Haute, Indiana where she was staying with her family, when a man grabbed her, took her into his motel room, hit her, pulled off her clothes, and molested her.

Loyola has done it again.

Some Illinois lawmakers are looking to find solutions for higher education declining enrollment and financial concerns as more graduating high school students are enrolling out of state.

Chicago Bears wide receiver Cameron Meredith will miss the 2017 season after suffering a torn ACL in Sunday’s preseason game, but according to multiple reports he did get some good news from doctors this week.

The University of Chicago is one of the most prestigious schools in the nation, and all of the hard work that students put in is apparently fueled by caffeinated beverages.

Illinois health officials say they’re seeing an increase in tick-borne illness among residents in the state.

A suspect remained at large Thursday afternoon after robbing a liquor store near the Illinois State University campus, prompting alerts from the school.