The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge on June 19, 2025. It opened to traffic in 1929 and was rerouted in 1936 to carry Route 66 over ...

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

This past school year, for the first time, Illinois schools were required to teach a unit on the experience and history of ...

Princeton isn’t just a dot on the Illinois map—it’s living proof that small-town America still offers a quality of life that many of us secretly yearn for in our faster-paced worlds. Post navigation.

Residents in northern Illinois will likely experience poor air quality today as rain brings Canadian wildfire smoke south behind a cold front, according to the National Weather Service ...

Springfield lawmakers tried to pass a $1.50 food delivery tax over the weekend that would have impacted restaurants across Illinois.The proposal’s details were unveiled hours before the ...

Map: Could Illinois see the northern lights again on Monday? by: Addy Bink. Posted: Jun 2, 2025 / 11:30 AM CDT. Updated: Jun 2, 2025 / 11:30 AM CDT. ... If conditions strengthen, the lights could ...