Illinois High School Football Schedule & Scores (IHSA) — Saturday, November 1, 2025

There are 86 games scheduled across Illinois on Saturday, November 1, including eight games featuring statewide top 25 ranked teams. You can follow every game live on our Illinois High School Football Scoreboard. The marquee matchups of the week...

#17 Illinois State combines for over 400 yards offensively in a 31-16 victory over Northern Iowa

(25News Now) - After a valuable road victory over South Dakota last week, #17 Illinois State returned home to Hancock Stadium and kept its momentum rolling with a 31-16 win over UNI to move to 6-3 overall. The Redbirds combined for 430 yards...

Quincy, we have liftoff: Contour launches first flight to Chicago

QUINCY, Ill. — Saturday marked the first Contour Airlines flight to Chicago out of Quincy Regional Airport. City officials, residents, and members of media departed that morning and landed less than an hour later. After arriving at Chicago O’Hare,...

New ranking reveals Illinois' 10 most Instagrammed tourist attractions

A new study ranked the tourist attractions in Illinois that are most commonly shared on Instagram and all 10 are in Chicago. The study, conducted by AI image generator NightCafe, analyzed Instagram popularity of the 15 best-rated attractions in...

Contour Airlines makes first roundtrip flight between Quincy and Chicago

QUINCY — The next era of travel from Quincy Regional Airport began on Saturday with Contour Airlines' inaugural flight to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Officials with the city were joined by community leaders and members of the media for...

‘Cancel for Any Reason’ Travel Insurance Is on the Rise. Here’s What You Need to Know.

“At the start of 2025, CFAR was added to about 7 percent of policies,” Suzanne Morrow, InsureMyTrip CEO, tells me over email. “From January through August, the average rose slightly to 8 percent. A notable spike occurred in September, when...

How to watch Ireland v New Zealand for free: Live stream, TV details for Chicago clash

Watch Ireland v New Zealand as two giants of the game meet on a mild, potentially showery afternoon at Chicago’s Soldier Field.Read on to find out how to watch this epic Gallagher Cup encounter, a clash between the second and third best sides on...

How to watch Ireland vs New Zealand in Chicago as rugby returns to Soldier Field

Ireland and New Zealand are set to face off at Soldier Field, bringing rugby union back to Soldier Field as in 2016, when the Irish secured a historic win over the All Blacks Ireland defeated New Zealand at Soldier Field(Image: Getty Images) Two...

Illinois Head Start teams with children’s museums ‘to bring light back to our program’

She’s only 3 years old, but that didn’t stop Sofia Quiroz from enjoying a day out after traveling from Chicago Heights to the Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn. The free visit was made possible thanks to a partnership between the museum and Illinois...

Discover the Illinois Small Town That Looks Like a Hallmark Movie Set

Arnav’s Analysis: Takeaways From Rutgers’ Embarrasing 35-13 Loss To Illinois

One week after defeating Purdue 27-24 for its first Big Ten win, the Scarlet Knights could not carry that momentum against Illinois. In a game that was expected to be a shootout by many, Rutgers could not hold up their end of the bargain on...

A Friendly Reminder About Airport/Airplane Etiquette During Travel Season

I received an angry text from my sister yesterday, which shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, seeing as how she's an angry person, but it was the subject of the conversation that started to get my gears turning. She had just flown into...

Ranking the best men's nonconference games of 2025-26, from Florida-Duke to Alabama-Illinois

The college basketball season is almost here, and with it comes a multitude of marquee matchups during the nonconference portion of the schedule. These headliners should be catnip for college hoops sickos, but they are also tremendous tools for...

Moline-Chicago passenger rail funding approved; QC leaders react

Local leaders say funding for the Moline-to-Chicago passenger rail line is now secured, marking a major milestone in bringing Amtrak service to the Quad Cities. MOLINE, Ill — Funding to bring passenger rail service from Moline to Chicago has...

Redbirds To Host Southern Illinois In First Round Of MVC Tournament

Story Links NORMAL, Ill. – No. 4 Illinois State soccer will open postseason play in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament Sunday afternoon as it hosts No. 5 Southern Illinois. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. and will be broadcasted on ESPN+....

No. 17 Illinois State Wins Second Straight; Defeat UNI By A Final of 31-16

Story Links Next Game: at Indiana State 11/8/2025 | 12:00 PM CT ESPN+ WJBC AM 1230 / 98.9 FM WJEZ / The Varsity Network Nov. 08 (Sat) / 12:00 PM CT at Indiana State NORMAL, Ill. – A return home treated No. 17 Illinois State well against Northern...

Dr. Malcolm Vye: Lifelong healer, travel enthusiast, beloved neighbor, dies at 89

Sign up for our free newsletters to have Evanston news delivered directly to your inbox! Dr. Malcolm Vye, a respected physician whose commitment to helping others shaped decades of medical care at Evanston Hospital, died in Evanston on Oct. 23,...

Time travel proof? iPad spotted 84 years ago? Little boy's viral picture triggers conspiracy theories

A black-and-white photograph from 1941, captured by photographer Edwin Rosskam on Chicago’s South Side, became the center of a time travel conspiracy online. What seemed like an ordinary picture of neatly dressed children waiting in line outside a...

Arab American neurosurgeon Mohamad Bydon performs “miracle” surgery in Chicago

Oliver Staub lays with a collection of new stuffed animals while recovering from a complex surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital that reattached his head to his spinal cord. – Photo courtesy of the Staub family...

Milwaukee Panthers open women's basketball season at home against Loyola Chicago

The Milwaukee Panthers women's basketball team will begin its 36th Division I season on Monday, November 3, with a home game against the Loyola Chicago Ramblers at the Klotsche Center. The match is set for a 6:00 p.m. tip-off and will be broadcast...