Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole ...

Sometimes the best treasures in Illinois aren’t hidden in Chicago’s glamorous restaurant scene but nestled in places like Joliet, where Al’s Steak House has been perfecting the art of prime rib for ...

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the ...

The Illinois Big Tree Register is being tidied up and brings a reminder of how many champion trees are around us, including ...

was going smoothly until it was time to raise the jersey banner to the rafters—and everything turned upside down. Literally. In an unfortunate turn of events, the University of Illinois ...

Cancel anytime. Former Illinois basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. stands next to athletic director Josh Whitman, right, as a banner displaying his jersey and name is unveiled during a ...

Republicans threw a stink bomb into the chambers of the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court. Citing the Illinois Constitution’s requirement that legislative maps be “compact,” the GOP ...