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 ...

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 ...

Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump outlined in one of his many executive orders a mission to celebrate ...

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

If you are among the thousands of Los Angeles County residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the Palisades or ...

Like Springfield, the city of Champaign requires property owners on corner lots to shovel the excess snow at the nearest crosswalk and store it on their land ... snow removal maps can be found ...

Island Park in Geneva, Illinois, is a hidden gem where scenic beauty and family-friendly fun come together perfectly. Ever ...

Illinois might be landlocked, but it’s swimming with delicious aquatic delights. Join me on a fin-tastic journey through the ...

The area southeast of Carter Lake was an incorporated village from January 1921 to November 1922, when residents voted it out ...

Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have assembled a national database with millions of multi-day ...

Newark Advocate faith columnist Jeff Gill's curiosity about a plot of land reminds him how focusing on the negative in life ...

The borders of California were drawn generously to include the entire agriculturally rich Central Valley as ... is located in Cook County, Illinois (in red in the map above).