John Arlyn Rahn, or “Blackjack” as he liked to be called, was born on December 24, 1952, in Sterling, Whiteside County, ...

A measure aimed at allowing Indiana to absorb 33 counties in Illinois that have voted in recent years to leave the state has cleared its first legislative hurdle, but the effort faces a major ...

A bill to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border received initial approval Monday in an Indiana House committee, but the discussion opened up a Pandora’s box, with some of its Illinois supporters ...

A bill aimed at redrawing the Indiana-Illinois border passed out of the Indiana House Thursday with the Speaker of the House suggesting that other Midwestern states join Indiana. Indiana House ...

A woman’s dog almost died after swallowing a large fishhook discarded at a popular beauty spot. Cocker spaniel Lady wolfed down the hook and line while on a walk at Fairburn Ings, near ...

The Iowa men's basketball lost to Illinois in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament bracket on Thursday. The Hawkeyes put up a valiant effort on offense but couldn't keep pace with a very ...

Illinois basketball is coming off its most lopsided loss in program history and has lost three games in a row to ranked teams. Where does that put the Illini on the road to March Madness?

To qualify for unemployment insurance in Illinois, you must be involuntarily out of work entirely or working less than full time because it's not available. You also must have earned at least $ ...

Mark Kasick's usual quality photo, this time of a bald eagle at Saganashkee Slough, and lots of Ducks Unlimited events lead the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

The federal government will shut down if a funding bill is not passed by the end of Friday. Illinois has over 40,000 federal civilian employees who could be working with pay, working without pay ...

Spin control time. Illinois lost a regular season college basketball game. That's it. No big whoop. It doesn't matter if it was by three or 43. It doesn't matter if it was a good fight ...