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

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 ...

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

Here's why What makes Ottawa Hills, Ohio, one of the safest and richest towns in the U.S. Ottawa Hills came in behind Chicago suburb Winnetka, Illinois, and ahead of Ridgewood, New Jersey ...

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

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicagoans are remembering those killed in the September 11th terror attacks 23 years ago. The Chicago Fire ...

Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi early Thursday as residents in the region braced for possible flooding as tropical storm Francine moved inland.

Illinois is 3-0 for the first time since 2011 after a sizable win over Central Michigan before a homecoming crowd at Memorial ...