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.

Here’s what it costs each year to “live comfortably” in Illinois, and how it compares to other states.

BENTON — Five Mississippi men have been fined thousands and sentenced to years of probation after they used illegal hunting methods to poach deer in five southern Illinois counties, the U.S ...

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.

Residents in Jo Daviess and Carroll counties are asked to take extra precautions as the bear has been spotted near the Mississippi Palisades State Park and Galena.

The National Weather Service received no reports of tornado touchdowns Friday night after cancelling a tornado watch early for several Northern Illinois counties.

New Indiana law allows Illinois counties to join, but experts doubt success amid political and financial hurdles.

The nearly three dozen Illinois counties where a majority of voters in recent years have expressed their desire to leave the Land of Lincoln won’t be joining their neighbor to the east anytime ...

Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for several counties in Northern Illinois over the course of the evening Thursday. One such warning was issued at 7:39 p.m. for Lake County and eastern ...

Illinois has confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus this year, health officials say. The person, who lives in southern Illinois, was hospitalized with complications from the mosquito ...

Last year, 72 counties in Illinois had reports of WNV in mosquitoes, birds, horses or humans, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. There were 69 confirmed human cases and 13 deaths.