Lightning does strike. But you have to show up. Jim Nowlan has participated in and observed Illinois politics for six decades as an elected state legislator, statewide Republican candidate ...

The population of Morgan dipped, but it still had the state's 13th-largest population, at 16,064, in 1850. Macoupin and Greene counties also were among Illinois counties with the highest population, ...

Illinois' Secretary of State held a last-minute press conference Monday to share a "public service announcement" about Real IDs with the deadline approaching this week.

Illinois had a slight decrease in food assistance recipients in January, yet the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation remains higher than it was a decade ago and ahead of ...

So far, most of the cicadas added to this year’s Cicada Safari map are ... in more states, however. Another large 17-year brood, Brood X, emerged in 2021 in Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana ...

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The National Weather Service has issued an Enhanced Risk alert for severe thunderstorms across six Midwest and Great Lakes ...

These nature preserves and historic sites — all just a short drive away — offer a rare escape from the noise of suburbia.

That same day, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced he directed the state to evaluate any and ... case remains one of the biggest talking points surrounding immigration and the Trump Administration.

The challenge with continuing to depend on groundwater is the unpredictability and sensitivity of the deep aquifer, experts say.