BEAR DOWN: Now that Illinois Democrats have wrapped up a week of celebrating the opening of the Obama Presidential Center — ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says a national housing bill is likely to become law even though President Trump is holding it hostage.

The reigning Illinois boys Triple Crown winner, Gillespie's Chaz Oberkfell, has a busy summer: moving to college, working and ...

Dreams don’t have to be expensive, though modern life often tries to convince us otherwise. Decatur, Illinois is where ...

From folk music to abolition and women’s rights, Illinois helped shape American history and culture.

IOWA CITY — George Barnett, age 14 at the time, hopped into his father’s maroon Mercury LTD like he always did after football practice at tiny Tuscola High School in east-central Illinois. “You want ...

A federal appeals court ruled last month that the Trump administration could remove and replace an exhibit about slavery.

Central and west-end areas of Decatur saw power outages and downed trees as well as flooding after an overnight storm with ...

Louisiana’s attorney general was indicted Thursday over accusations she threatened the jobs of New Orleans leaders who fought ...

A person was arrested after a possible home invasion in Decatur Thursday. According to the Decatur Police Department, ...

The Macon County Abatement District hosted their 4th annual tire-drop off Thursday. The goal of the event is to prevent ...

Three people were hurt in Decatur early Sunday morning after a large gathering outside a bar escalated into at least 20 shots being fired. Officers with the Decatur Police ...