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A new, possibly “more transmissible” variant of COVID-19 that is specific and dominant to the United States, believed to be behind half of the country’s coronavirus cases, has been reported by Illinois researchers.

The variant strain of COVID-19 has now been identified in the United States, as Colorado reported its first confirmed case and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California reported the strain has also been detected in southern California. Now, officials are seeing if the variant strain is now in Illinois. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has the story.

An Illinois university has decided to increase faculty numbers in their Africana Studies department, a move that officials say will help students prepare for cross-cultural society after graduation

Even as one of Illinois’ healthcare regions sees new coronavirus mitigation restrictions implemented due to elevated positivity rates, one of the state’s biggest public universities says its classes won’t be impacted as students return to campus. According to officials with Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, state health officials have ruled that new restrictions on the sizes of gatherings will not apply...

Illinois’ public health department on Monday released a new map for residents highlighting which U.S. states are the highest risk for travelers.

As coronavirus cases spike among young people at Southern Illinois University, Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a warning to college students returning to campus this fall. Prizker, accompanied by Jackson County health officials, explained Tuesday that college-age people are likely spreading the virus at the highest rates, specifically on campus. As more SIU students returned to school over the past...

Southern Illinois University Carbondale will no longer require students to take the ACT or SAT to be admitted to the university.

Two southern Illinois pre-school employees accused of punishing children by making them stand naked in a closet are charged with unlawful restraint and battery.

Lovely Varughese says she met with the prosecutor last week and she was ready for this. She says everything that could go right and wrong has happened over the years with her son’s murder case.

A 13-year-old boy has shown no remorse for shooting his teacher and a classmate at his Indianapolis-area school, and he will remain the responsibility of the state juvenile court system until he is 18, an Indiana judge ruled Wednesday.

The boy is accused of shooting teacher Jason Seaman and 13-year-old classmate Ella Whistler on May 25 at Noblesville West Middle School.

It was a stunning reversal for Gaege Bethune in September when Judge Mark Clarke told a shocked courtroom that he was overthrowing the jury’s first degree murder conviction in the 2014 death of Pravin Varughese.

It was a stunning reversal for Gaege Bethune in September when Judge Mark Clarke told a shocked courtroom that he was overthrowing the jury’s first degree murder conviction in the 2014 death of Pravin Varughese. Rob Stafford reports.

Southern Illinois University is creating new programs for students who want to know more about marijuana.

The conviction for a man found guilty in the 2014 death of a Southern Illinois University student has been vacated by a judge.

The conviction for a man found guilty in the 2014 death of a Southern Illinois University student has been vacated by a judge.

A new defense attorney for the man convicted in the 2014 death of a Southern Illinois University student has won a delay in his sentencing as he aims to have the conviction thrown out.

The teacher credited with saving lives by tackling a shooter at a suburban Indianapolis middle school says the attention he’s received since then is gratifying but has also felt too much at times.