Some schools in Southern Illinois will be able to visit state parks and natural areas thanks to a grant program ...

More than 7,000 students will visit Illinois state parks, natural areas, museums and other natural resources sites – ...

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

The aspirational pitch for the site south of McCormick Place comes as the team struggles to gain traction with its lakefront ...

Oregon hides a waterfall wonderland just 26 miles east of Salem that feels like stepping into a fantasy novel—minus the talking animals (though I wouldn’t rule them out entirely). Silver Falls State ...

City Clerk Anna Valencia has joined forces with Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) on a resolution directing the Council’s Committee on Ethics and Government Operations to create a subcommittee charged with ...

After yearslong litigation from residents and activists, and following recent opposition from the state of Illinois, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday it was dropping a plan to expand ...

The board will provide non-binding feedback and will replace two existing advisory boards specific to Juneau and Ketchikan, ...

A Pekin woman who gained her freedom from indentured servitude with the help of Abraham Lincoln more than two decades before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation as president is the subject of a ...

The Local Food Purchase Assistance Program provided recipients with federal funds to purchase food from local farmers and ...