Brooklyn, Illinois, is the oldest, and one of the few surviving, majority-Black incorporated towns in the U.S. Archaeologists ...

Four grade schoolers from Oak Park were among winners of the 2024 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, a statewide contest.

The word "atlas," may conjure images of giant books chock full of maps and a dizzying array of facts and figures. However, ...

This story appears in the January 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... I keep returning to the fact that Cahokia Mounds in Illinois is one of only eight cultural World Heritage sites ...

The online company named the Main Street in Madison County as one of the 10 best in Illinois along with St. Charles, Urbana, ...

No. 24 Illinois pounded the rock when it mattered most and spoiled the 400th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium with an ...

In Region Five, which includes Illinois, Indiana ... are subsequently calculated and shown on a map, making it possible to ...

No. 24 Illinois stunned No. 22 Nebraska with a 31-24 overtime win on the road. Illinois scored on its second offensive play ...

Illinois grain farmers and lifelong cavers who winter in Ocean View. Don, 64, was a guide at Mammoth Cave for 10 years and spent 18 winters on the legendary expeditions that helped expand the map ...

Since 2013, SmokyMountains.com has used data and feedback from foliage fans around the United States to produce a map that shows ... with type of tree by geographic region. The dates given below ...

One topic we continue to hear about from readers is the mascot question. You told us last year about a team working on “new ...

As temperatures cool and pumpkin spice everything hits local stores, thoughts turn to fall in the Chicago area. And what better way to celebrate the vibrant season than to take a trip to see the ...