You may know that the northern cardinal is the state bird of Illinois, and the common blue violet is the state flower, but do ...

With a light slate of games and few upsets to open 2025, the Illinois boys basketball state rankings remain mostly unchanged.

Here are three key numbers that explain how Illinois was able to put together a historic blowout win: 3. For the first time ...

The Illinois State Redbirds will host conference foe Northern Iowa. The teams square off Friday for the first time this season.

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s informal rule requiring support from 75% of his Democratic members before allowing floor ...

Western Illinois hosts the Tennessee State Tigers after Raegan McCowan scored 21 points in Western Illinois' 73-60 loss to the UT Martin Skyhawks.

Bipartisan legislation introduced in Springfield would also create a system for relatives to ask the state to step in if they ...

The red, white, and blue stands both for Old Glory and the tricolor of France, which also flew over the state. Lincoln’s ...

Underwood has landed on a formula that has Illinois positioned at 11-3 (4-1 Big Ten) and climbing any and all college basketball rankings. It was lethal against Oregon, Penn State and others. Against ...

An immigrant rights advocate told Sen. Steve McClure that one of his clients received a voter registration form from the ...

BOTTOM LINE: No. 13 Illinois hosts USC after Ben Humrichous scored 21 points in Illinois' 91-52 victory against the Penn State Nittany Lions. The Fighting Illini are 8-1 in home games. Illinois is ...

Since no Democrat filed to run, state Sen. Chris Balkema knew upon winning the 53rd Illinois Senate District Republican primary last March that he would eventually be heading ...