Around halfway between Chicago and St. Louis is a college town that mixes big-city energy with small-town charm: a hidden gem with a lively food and arts scene.

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

What started as a summer-like day Friday will end with potentially severe storms as a powerful system prepares to sweep across the region, but there's a narrow window of time you'll want to make sure ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is ready to put a stop to any future dollars and keep bike lanes in cities from ...

The big picture: Chicago has a long-standing problem with abandoned buildings. These eyesores can be found citywide, in areas ...

The plan to fire about 1,378 employees will undermine the department’s ability to perform work mandated by federal law, the ...

After several years of decline, the population is increasing, helped by immigration, while outbound migration slows.

According to the ranking in IQAir's 2024 World Air Quality Report, these are the 10 U.S. cities with the worst pollution in ...

Although the largest cicada brood in West Virginia won’t return until 2033, some counties will see cicadas from Brood XIV which emerges in 2025.

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