Kirk is also slated to visit the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus on Tuesday before stops at Purdue and Michigan State universities. Contact Drew Zimmerman at 309-820-3276.

Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could ...

Here’s an inside look at the the state’s successful push to boost tourism across its inspirational southernmost region.

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Itching for a road trip, I pulled out a map of the Midwest. When my finger landed on Minneapolis I knew I had my destination.

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Sacred Heart-Griffin (SHG) defeated Teutopolis 5-4 to win the Illinois Class 2A baseball state championship. Senior Thomas Lauterbach hit the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh ...

SHG’s offense, which was held to one run on four hits through the first five innings, came to life in the sixth and seventh with five runs on six hits over the final two frames, including three ...

We break down 100 years of history, era by era, to explore how acres of pineapple farms sprouted into one of Florida’s most ...

Penn State took a European transfer forward this past season in the form of Yanic Konan Niederhauser and turned him into a first-round NBA Draft pick this week. Now, on Saturday, the Nittany Lions ...