Peoria spreads along the Illinois River with a skyline that will surprise you with its city feel. This river town is bigger than most on our list, but it still has that special connection to the water ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, covering the northern region of the U.S ...

CHICAGO — As national cases of measles soar and federal health officials engage in vaccine skepticism, Illinois so far this year has seen only one small outbreak of the highly infectious disease ...

Oregon's largest state park is an unbelievably beautiful preserve of forests, river valleys, and some of America's most beautiful waterfalls.

Arches National Park is like being on a different planet, but there's always a fellow St. Louisan to celebrate with, writes Abby Schwent.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The National Weather Service (NWS) in Little Rock Friday announced temporary cutbacks to several public-facing services due to ongoing staffing shortages and a federal hiring ...

(WAND) — An Illinois urban search and rescue team went to Texas overnight on Friday to help with operations after deadly flooding killed over 100 people and left hundreds more missing.

The Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board unanimously approved issuing a request for proposal to hire a Realtor to divest the district of the closed Big Park Community School campus in the ...

As national cases soar and federal leadership engages in vaccine skepticism, Illinois has so far seen a single, small measles outbreak this year that health officials say they quickly brought ...

A Six Flags executive said the company likely will not renew the lease on California's Great America in Santa Clara.

Pope Leo XIV's childhood home has been sold to the village where he grew up, which intends to make it a historical site, local media reported Friday.