Despite a looming $3.2 billion deficit, agriculture industry leaders in Illinois are hoping to carve out legislative wins in ...

Nestled along the curves of the Illinois River just outside the town of Hennepin is the country’s largest dry-mill ethanol plant, where a network of pipes, grain elevators and exhaust towers rise like ...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a winter storm watch for the entire Central Illinois area from midnight Saturday through noon on Monday, Jan. 6. “We expect (snow) in the early ...

Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln has opened applications for its 2025 scholarship program. Over 45 different scholarships for post-secondary education are available for students in Cass, ...

A new book takes readers on a guided tour of Maya history as narrated by an anthropologist who has spent more than 35 years ...

Predicting next season's college football Top 25 in January is difficult. We tried early in 2024. How did it work out? A look ...

About November: Seven Illinois counties voted in favor of exploring secession. The rural counties of Iroquois, Calhoun, Clinton, Green, Jersey, Madison and Perry all voted to examine “the possibility ...

Illinois, ready to choose a state flag? Voting is open in the the new state flag design contest. The public can vote online at for one of the new designs, or for one of three flags that have already ...

separating the sky from the rich land. Two smaller lines add a neat, elegant touch. The central circle abstractly represents the view from above Abraham Lincoln’s hat. Relationship to Illinois ...

Pritzker described the upcoming budget as “challenging” but added that since taking office, he’s addressed a number of fiscal crises in Illinois. “We are doing the best that we can to try ...

Dr. DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the author, most recently, of “Native Nations: A Millennium in North America.” If you work at a ...

While snow is still headed to central Illinois, Peoria will likely avoid its deepest accumulations. Early forecasts included an "almost 100% chance" of snow on Sunday afternoon or early evening ...