Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported the number of Illinois jurisdictions on the list. The Trump administration has added more than 100 Illinois counties and cities to ...

The Cheesecake Factory has announced plans to open new locations in three states by 2026, including Illinois. This follows the recent opening of a location in Colorado earlier this month.

Since the turn of the century, Illinois has boasted plenty of individual talent and enjoyed its share of team success. The team hardware consists of five Big Ten regular season titles, four ...

That is, except in one small, specific part of central Illinois. This rare exception stems from a long-standing trademark dispute with a small, family-run restaurant in Mattoon, Illinois ...

Border czar Tom Homan slammed Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for the state's sanctuary policies protecting illegal immigrants, arguing he has lied on the issue after Department of Homeland Security ...

CHICAGO — Former Illinois Governor George Ryan, who served time in prison for corruption, has died at 91. Ryan, a Republican who served as the 39th governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003 ...

A building used for an after-school program in Chatham, Illinois, was damaged and four people were killed after a car barreled through it on April 28, 2025. Erin Hooley/AP Springfield, Illinois AP — ...

Four girls, as young as 4 years old, were killed when a driver plowed through an Illinois after-school building Monday afternoon, authorities said. The driver allegedly crashed an SUV into the ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The self-described “face of Illinois tourism” was financially benefitting from efforts to market the state, according to findings from Illinois’ executive inspector general.

A small plane crashed in central Illinois over the weekend, killing four people, officials said — the latest in a recent spate of air tragedies across the US. The four occupants of the single ...

Four people were killed Saturday morning when a small plane crashed in central Illinois after hitting a set of power lines. The crash occurred at around 10:15 a.m. local time on County Line Road ...

A lecture at Princeton University by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was cut short this week after protests erupted both inside and outside the event, with Jewish students reporting ...