The new flag features a fresh, forward-looking interpretation of the iconic fleur-de-lis, a symbol that has long been ...

The Illinois state flag design. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, ...

Colleen Hayes, a graphic designer with Champaign-based Clanin Creative, is shown with its submission in the Illinois flag-design contest, which came in second. The current state flag of Illinois ...