Pileated woodpeckers – those crow-sized birds with flaming red crests that inspired the Woody Woodpecker cartoon – hammer away at dead trees, leaving distinctive rectangular holes as evidence of their ...

Route 66 captures American imagination like few other highways, stretching 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica through ...

Natural Falls State Park in Colcord might be the Sooner State’s best-kept secret – a slice of paradise that looks like Mother Nature accidentally copy-pasted a piece of the Pacific Northwest into ...

After 47 years, the mystery of Betty Place's disappearance remains unsolved, leaving her family haunted by unanswered ...

In Illinois, there are many tourist spots or tourist traps you should avoid. However, places like Navy Pier, Metropolis, and ...

Why unplug when you can dial up? Camping is a great way to escape from our digitally-driven society, but even the most ...

Illinois is known for a few things, such as being the home of Chicago, the Land of Lincoln, and one of the main legs of Route ...

Set to take effect in July, the policy is aimed primarily at organizations that work with immigrants and transgender youth.

Illinois once overflowed with amusement parks where laughter, bright lights, and summer magic filled the air, creating ...

Majority Republicans have strongly resisted calls to eliminate the legislative filibuster, since it would dilute their power ...

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The rulings came a day before the Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition ...