The Illinois Flag Commission has a big task ahead after receiving nearly 5,000 proposed designs for a new state flag. Skip to main content Skip to main content. You are the owner ...

"The Pride flag is once again flying above the Illinois State Capitol — a symbol of this state's commitment to standing with and celebrating our LGBTQ community," Gov. J.B. Pritzker ...

Starting Jan. 1, people will be able to vote online for either one of the 10 new designs, to keep the current Illinois flag, or for two former flag designs – including the state's 1918 ...

Illinois residents voted to keep the existing state flag design, which was adopted in 1915 after a contest to create a flag, and the current flag received more votes than the top 5 design combined.

Girls flag football is just a month into its inaugural season as a sanctioned sport, and Guilford is already 9-0, and in the driver's seat as it chases the conference title with a 6-0 record in ...

Tatyana Shlyak, who was born in Ukraine and moved to the United States in 1995, is a tour guide at the Illinois state Capitol in Springfield, March 2, 2022.

Mayor Paul Hoefert, however, said the village’s policy is to fly only the American flag, the state of Illinois flag, and the Village of Mount Prospect flag at village hall.

An Illinois school board meeting erupted in protests over trans athletes in girls' sports, highlighting ongoing tensions and calls for federal intervention.

13 Illinois students competing in 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee 00:27. The best spellers in the country are in Washington, D.C. for the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee, including 13 ...

Barb was born Nov. 11, 1952, to Duane and V. Marilyn Powell Kinsey in Centralia, Illinois. ... Illinois, in 1954, where she grew up on the family farm and graduated from Shawnee High School in 1970.

At least 50 Illinois villages, towns, cities and counties will soon see an increase in local sales taxes. The taxes go into effect July 1 and are defined as local sales taxes or a change in the ...