CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) -- No. 23 Illinois basketball faces its toughest test yet of the young season Tuesday night with No. 4 Marquette coming to Champaign for the Gavitt Games showdown at State Farm Center. Both teams start the night 2-0 with the Illini coming off a Friday night win over Oakland in a game they trailed early but pulled away late. The Golden Eagles beat Rider by 30 in their previous game but reigning Big East Player of the Year Tyler Kolek went down in that game with an injury and did not return. His availability is one of the biggest questions coming in for Marquette's high-powered offense, currently ranked 24th in the country averaging 93.5 points per game.

WCIA - We are continuing our Holiday coverage here on WCIA. So we talked about an event in Cumberland County called Toledo Christmas Around the Square. So we invited the founder of Autism Acceptance in Cumberland County Illinois, Kathy Yocum to talk about the event as well as an all inclusive baseball team.

Almost 50 small businesses across the state were inducted into the Illinois Made program, as state leaders honor the local businesses they believe help make Illinois incredible for both residents and visitors.

Scores from around Central Illinois, with highlights of Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin taking on Unity and Central hosting Peoria Richwoods.

A species of bird native to Hawaii is on the verge of extinction and wildlife experts in central Illinois say there are only a handful of them left on the planet.

Phone updates come with plenty of new features and tricks. But one of them has some iPhone users on edge.

For Giving Tuesday, law enforcement agencies across Champaign County gave back with a little friendly competition.

Students at a Mahomet grade school are making sure families get what they need in time for the holidays. 

The Illinois Department of Transportation is happy with the progress on their biggest project ever in Central Illinois: the I-57 and 74 interchanges.

The Danville Fire Department is investigating after a vacant house caught fire Monday evening.

Inmates at the Champaign County Jail will now be able to make phone calls at half the price.

The Illinois High School Association is reintroducing a measure to establish geography-based districts in high school football to replace conferences.

Illinois defensive tackle Johnny Newton has been named the 2023 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year by the conference on Tuesday.