Baton Rouge florists are going "Under the Sea" in April for Flower Fest, the unconventional floral design challenge that ...

Just like we have the American flag and individual U.S. state flags, states also have their own state flowers. (The national flower is the rose!) Some states share their state flowers with others ...

SPRINGFIELD – From hiring retired educators to adjusting class offerings, Illinois schools are relying on a variety of short-term, innovative measures to cope with a prolonged and critical statewide ...

Illinois families will pay the highest combined state and local tax burden in the nation this year on the median U.S. income. That’s $13,099, which will consume more than 16.5% of their money.

Illinoisans voted to keep the current state flag in a redesign contest. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Illinoisans have spoken: Don’t go changing our flag. The public had a chance ...

Editor's Note: The video in this story is from a previous report. After thousands of submissions, 10 finalists and nearly 385,000 votes, the state of Illinois may not have a new flag after all.

The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag ...

Your device does not support the audio. OKAWVILLE – Lauren Flowers and Harper Darr, the two key seniors on the Carrollton girls basketball team, made school history on Monday night, March 3 ...

Your device does not support the audio. OKAWVILLE - Lauren Flowers led three Carrollton girls basketball players in double figures with 35 points as the Hawks defeated Albion Edwards County 62-44 ...

Plans are in motion to transform some of the open space in the Inland Empire into a state-of-the-art sports complex. The massive revitalization project will replace an old golf course with a ...

The Wilkes County Quilters recently donated a 95-inch-by-95-inch quilt featuring the state flowers of each of the 50 states for display in the lobby outside the Wilkes Cooperative Extension ...