Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...

In a letter filed in federal court, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency said the proposed expansion of a toxic waste ...

Drone photo looking north down the Great River ... Illinois Office of Tourism on featuring the city, he noted. “Alton feels like home to the visitors who discover our community on the ...

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside ...

The flight data and voice recorders, known as black boxes, have been recovered after the midair collision of a passenger jet and an Army helicopter in the Washington, DC, area, the National ...

A midair collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five Illinois voters have filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to ...

It is commonplace to regard the US South as a political backwater. Many liberals see Southerners as irredeemable red-state ...

June 21, 2023: Bally's receives approval from the IGB to begin the process of opening a temporary casino inside the old Medinah Temple in River North. May 13, 2023: The Illinois Gaming Board ...

Recently devastated by a wildfire, today this charming small town is brimming with new life and winter recreation.

High or low water levels can have a big impact ... for Christmas Day but the river was too high for the ship to get under the bridges close to the city, so we were coached there from Mannheim ...