A sundown town [...] is an entire community (or even county) that for decades was ‘all white’ on purpose," researchers write ...

Every Illinois congressional seat is up for election this year, but some are more competitive than others. The big picture: ...

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Brooklyn, Illinois, is the oldest, and one of the few surviving, majority-Black incorporated towns in the U.S. Archaeologists ...

Data showed a city in Tennessee had the highest rate of shoplifting among different U.S. cities included in the study, at ...

Four grade schoolers from Oak Park were among winners of the 2024 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, a statewide contest.

The “richest town” can look quite different from state to state, with some being far wealthier than others. For instance, the ...

Ever wonder just how many cornfields are hiding in plain sight across Illinois, taking up more space than your daily worries?

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Carver Arena at the Peoria Civic Center currently has nothing scheduled until a Foreigner and Loverboy on Sept. 25, making ...

The Indianapolis Colts host the Chicago Bears in NFL Week 3 action on Sunday. The game will be shown in most of Indiana, all ...