While Illinois lost population as a whole in recent years, 15 of its 102 counties gained residents from 2020 to 2024, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Windy City is getting a boost from “the pope economy.” Since Pope Leo XIV’s election in May, creative entrepreneurs across the globe have worked overtime to stamp his likeness on everything from ...

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Former Illini coach Bill Self, now at Kansas, received rare commendation in a recent analysis of college basketball coaches ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits said ...

A new report from 24/7 Wall St. recently named the “least expensive county to live in every state,” identifying counties where housing and everyday costs are well below national average.

It is located at the old K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant site, near the Atomic History Center. Wilcox was the city historian, but so much more!

Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers. That's according to attorneys representing more than 900 survivors who have filed lawsuits ...

Thanks to the video his son recorded of the arrest, Abel Orozco has become the face of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and ICE.

A black bear has been spotted in Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties. Here's how to keep yourself safe from bear encounters.

Illinois’ population of young people is dwindling, an editorial from the Chicago Tribune warned. “A dwindling youth population means shrinking potential — not just economically, but in civic ...

Newly released data shows that 60 percent of counties throughout the U.S. have increased the number of trees in their area. Between 2000 and 2020, data found a mean increase of 8.15 percent tree ...