George Washington patented 10,900 acres along the Kanawha River in what is now Mason County, West Virginia. What started off ...

The Washington Police Department and States Attorney are waiting for DNA lab results to determine if a woman in Washington ...

Part of the Little Wabash River in southern Illinois is closed to river traffic due to flooding. According to the Illinois ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, ...

Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the Illinois Supreme ...

Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice ...

Eighteen states count mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day, but a new order by President Trump challenges the ...

From the southern Plains to the Midwest an estimated 138 million people are at risk of severe weather, with tornado warnings issued in parts of Illinois ... area in Ozark County, with reports ...

Illinois could borrow from other states’ playbooks and give voters more of a chance to get binding referendums on the ballot.

The state is defending the existing map and plaintiffs seek an overturn on grounds of racial gerrymander. The case could be pivotal as justices could examine the criteria required of state ...

The state’s lowest county unemployment rates are in Calumet (2.5%), Dane (2.5%), Ozaukee (2.7%), Sheboygan (2.8%), Brown (2.9%), Green (2.9%), Marathon (2.9%) and Washington (2.9%) counties. The ...

That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state’s bald eagle-themed ...