As many states across the U.S. introduce anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, Peoria, Illinois, has become a destination for families ...

A giant American flag flies again from an 80-foot flagpole in Goodfield as what community leaders called a symbol of hometown ...

Peoria is home to three schools playing girls flag football, new for the IHSA in 2024. Meet the players and learn the rules.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WMBD) — Congressman Eric Sorensen’s (IL-17) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for unanimously passing the All-American Flag Act on Tuesday. The legislation requires ...

In this Journal Star file photo from 2023, the Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino sits on the banks of the icy Illinois River at the foot of 21 Blackjack Boulevard in East Peoria.

America's flag through history. The American flag, characterized by 50 stars and 13 stripes, will celebrate its 65th birthday on July 4. After Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959, on July 4, 1960 ...

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They’re going tit for tat. The state flag of Virginia has been banned in a Texas school district over the depiction of a Roman goddess with an exposed bare boob, according to a report.

On Friday, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico broadly criticized images of disturbances on U.S. streets that featured the Mexican flag as a “provocation.” ...