Illinois lawmakers have passed a $55.2 billion budget for the new fiscal year, including increased taxes on tobacco products and sports betting.

Illinois legislators passed a record-high $55.1 billion state budget, which includes funding for local K-12 schools, Rockford ...

For those interested in viticulture, Baxter’s Vineyards and Winery – Illinois’ oldest winery – offers tastings of locally produced wines. Their specialty fruit wines, particularly those made from ...

There’s a dinosaur guarding a rainbow house in Nauvoo, Illinois, and that’s not even the strangest thing you’ll find in this Mississippi River town of fewer than 1,000 residents.

Air quality in some parts of the United States is worsening as smoke from dozens of wildfires in Canada travels south, pushed ...

The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center released its temperature and precipitation ...

Here is everything you need to know about Soldier Field, including a full schedule of upcoming events, parking, ...

Lovero, an associate director of Verizon‘s network performance, stands inside a “switch center,” responsible for upholding cell service in Northern Illinois.

Illinois guard Genesis Bryant is hugged by coach Shauna Green during the final seconds of their 65-48 loss to Texas in the ...

Drew and Ariana Voelsch, a couple in their early 30s, moved to Elmhurst in 2023, from River Forest, a suburb just west of ...

The map uses information from the University of Connecticut's Cicada Project, which plots the brood's spread based on its known locations in the past. The huge groups of cicadas emerge when the ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — A popular gas station and convenience store chain has opened its newest northern Illinois location. QuikTrip announced Thursday that their new location on Sandy Hollow Rd. in ...