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Elementary and secondary students in Illinois showed consistent improvements in their reading and math scores while the state’s high school graduation rate reached a 13-year high for the most recently concluded school year.

Illinois Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., D-Elwood — the chair of the House Public Utilities Committee and sponsor of the vetoed bill — said he would propose broader policy in the spring legislative session.

Union leaders and members still need to vote on the tentative deal announced Monday. Workers would get a 25% raise over almost five years.

Gooch was a judge on the Southern District Court of Appeals before being selected to the Supreme Court.

Record deals with all three unionized automakers means a historic 6-week strike is ending — for now. The deals still need to be ratified by members, who could choose to go back to the table.

St. Louis City SC, the 2923 MLS Western Conference champion, made history by becoming the first expansion team to win its conference title in its inaugural season. But the team dropped its first postseason game against Sporting KC 4-1 on Sunday night.

Drought has affected several pumpkin-producing states, including Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. But rain arrived at the right time to produce a bumper crop in parts of the Midwest.

For years, the Tivoli Theatre in the Delmar Loop screened "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." But leaders of One Family Church, which bought the historic building, say they will no longer screen movies that don't align with their faith.

Lakes and streams in August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area were contaminated with uranium from refining efforts in Weldon Spring.

A school board member proposed a policy to require students to use bathrooms based on their sex assigned at birth.

The small soccer field in the majority Hispanic Metro East community is just the first of 11 that City SC will open in the region. The new field will serve Fairmont City’s youth program and others in the area.

As critics of KDHX leaders seek a resolution to long-running disputes, listeners miss many once-familiar on-air voices.