The federal government will shut down if a funding bill is not passed by the end of Friday. Illinois has over 40,000 federal civilian employees who could be working with pay, working without pay ...

as 100 years have passed since the deadliest tornado in U.S. history devastated several states. On March 18, 1925, the “Tri-State Tornado” tore a path of destruction across Missouri, Illinois ...

The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag ...

When Morez Johnson Jr. took an ugly spill against Michigan State in an Illinois loss on Feb. 15 in Champaign and it was learned that he had suffered a broken left wrist, the fear was that the ...

After thousands of submissions, 10 finalists and nearly 385,000 votes, the state of Illinois may not have a new flag after all. "The results are, let's just say, overwhelming," Illinois Secretary ...

Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis snags a late rebound in an 88-80 win against Purdue at State Farm Center on March 7, 2025. Justin Casterline/Getty Share CHAMPAIGN — As three-game losing streaks ...

Sparty defeats against USC and Indiana now look like glitches in the Matrix, and even a loss to UCLA – by two points, in Los Angeles – feels like ancient history. And although Illinois has ...

After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone Saddle up for a visit to the most notorious town in the West, where a certain ...

The birthplace of the Buddha beckons worshipers from around the world, as well as researchers hoping to dig up new evidence about the revered spiritual leader A journey into the vast subterranean ...

The MLB called this week's Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs the largest standalone international event in its history. March 20, 2025 7th Circuit's Sykes to take ...

Frustrations over the exclusion of women from America’s national narrative boiled over in the 1970s—leading to the creation of Women’s History Month. Observed throughout the United States ...

TGIF, Illinois. We’ve got a lot to cover today ... his goal wasn’t to push back at anti-DEI efforts. There’s some history: He became familiar with Junior ROTC students when he was mayor ...