Before riders board the new roller coaster, they walk past a molten crater where a volcano used to stand, and they can glance ...

Great America will officially open for the summer on Friday, April 18. The park will then be open on Saturday and Sunday, ...

Spring is officially underway, and while the weather at this time of year is unpredictable in the Chicago area, a sure sign of warmer days to come is just weeks away.

Illinois coach Brad Underwood has looked all over the map for players. The result has Illinois one win away from advancing ...

In January and February, vexillological Illinoisans engaged in a process led by the state to select a new state flag.

There were 10 finalists in the contests, and nearly 385,000 people voted. The existing flag received 43% of the votes, more ...

Some forward-looking Illinois lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner ...

Six Flags Great America is putting the final touches on its newest attraction—"Wrath of Rakshasa," a record-breaking dive roller coaster that park officials say will be the steepest and most ...

The Wrath of Rakshasa has been under construction for months. The monster of a rollercoaster is said to be the steepest and most inverted dive rollercoaster in the world. ABC7 got a sneak preview ...

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 ...