Illinois, the Prairie State, is known for its towering skyscrapers, charming small towns and diverse neighborhoods. According to Census population data, the Illinois population is the fifth-largest in ...

The former all-area high school football player from Dunlap has built a life in California with his wife. The recent ...

More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through ...

Utah lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that experts say would establish one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country as Republicans seek to curb the political ...

Plans to build a new subdivision in North Peoria were unanimously approved by the Peoria City Council on Tuesday night. The council approved plans to build the 19-acre Peoria Kona Breeze subdivision ...

A once-bustling commercial corner of Peoria has been much in the news lately, with the closing of one longtime business and ...

The Merrillville Town Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a 10-year tax abatement for a planned warehouse development. The move was made with the support of local members of the ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five Illinois voters have filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to ...

A man was arrested Thursday in a Jan. 13 hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian in Peoria. Demoriel L. Sims, 36, was ...

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted Thursday to change the designation of the President’s House in Urbana. Henceforth, it’s the Chancellor’s House — though current UI ...

a Republican will chair an Illinois House committee. Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received the call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, earlier this month that he ...