Nov. 23, 1925 — with senior Harold “Red” Grange in attendance at the University of Illinois football banquet, head coach Bob ...

The states' nicknames draw on everything from their natural landscapes and popular produce to historical facts and landmarks.

If you're a nature lover in Illinois , then you need to add the Dells Canyon and Bluff Trail at Matthiessen State Park to ...

The current Illinois flag, adopted in 1915, features the eagle from the state seal on a white background. The word "Illinois" was added to the flag in 1970 because it was otherwise so undistinguished.

Gov. JB Pritzker and other state leaders honored veterans during a ceremony at Soldier Field Monday morning. Pritzker said he ...

Penn State football's annual White Out game will be under the lights, after all. Next Saturday's match-up with the Washington Huskies will start at 8 p.m. But it will only be broadcast on Peacock ...

The Illinois state flag is displayed on a building along North La Salle Street in the Loop, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Residents in seven downstate counties voted in ...

On Saturday, dozens of people honored those who fought for our country by placing more than 13,000 American flags around the State Veterans' Cemetery in Middletown. "The response from the community ...

The Penn State football ... open a White Out win over Notre Dame, he went about clinching this one. He fielded the kickoff on the 4-yard line and proceeded to eviscerate the Illinois coverage ...

Mainers were smitten by the state's original flag during the 2020 bicentennial. But the retro flag's popularity wasn't enough to convince voters to make it the state's official flag. Residents ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — All of Illinois' 118 seats in the State House of Representatives are up for election in 2024. Democrats hold 78 seats in the Illinois House, and Republicans hold 40 seats as ...