Regional animosities have existed in Illinois since before it was admitted to the Union in 1818 as the 21st state, and only ...

Elizabeth MacDonough was appointed to the role in 2012 by Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada, Senate majority leader at the time.

The federal government owns the track. Amtrak just pays a service fee. (Thanks to Ed Phinney.) ...

THUMBS UP! To a summer on stage. The Illinois Shakespeare Festival kicked off this week in Bloomington, featuring several of ...

Insulin changed the way we treat and manage diabetes. Chemotherapy has precipitously reduced the mortality rate of certain ...

The Supreme Court is meeting to decide the final cases of its term, including birthright citizenship and a Texas law aimed at ...

Seventy-five years ago, 22-year-old Ruby Beyer of Bloomington was chosen as Miss WJBC for 1950. This local history and more: ...

The heat dome that descended on Chicago last weekend with unrelenting 100-degree temperatures caused buckling pavement on a ...

Gov. JB Pritzker, a businessman-turned-politician, is the state's first chief executive to seek a third term since former ...

A man from Normal is facing 20 preliminary charges involving possession and reproduction of imagery depicting child abuse.

A chiropractor from Eureka has been sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution ...

Many people enjoy celebrating the Fourth of July with consumer fireworks to light up the night sky, but these come with ...