Neil Steinhagen, a 1992 graduate of Clinton High School, assumed control of the U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarine, christened the USS Illinois for the ship’s sponsor, Michelle Obama.

To learn more about IBTR, go to https://extension.illinois.edu/forestry, especially check out the interactive map of IBTR champions. The sheer size of the eastern cottonwood, the biggest tree in ...

Lake Michigan shall be known as 'Lake Illinois.' The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world's maps reflect this momentous change," he said. "In addition, the recent ...

Former President Bill Clinton called Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake “physically attractive” during a campaign stop in Arizona to stump for Vice President Kamala Harris and Lake’s ...

Gwendolyn Brooks began the Youth Poetry Awards in 1969 during her tenure as Illinois Poet Laureate and continued to administer the awards until her death in 2000. The awards were born out of ...

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Illinois regulators have approved the state’s first road map to achieving carbon-free power by 2050. The Illinois Commerce Commission unanimously approved the Renewable Energy Access Plan last week.

The Cicada Safari app allows users to submit pictures and video of cicadas in their area, which builds an interactive map tracking the species as they emerge this year. Illinois is getting a visit ...

The emergence is set to last through mid-June. Here's a map of what to expect in Illinois, according to data from the USDA Forest Service. "Somewhere around Central Illinois, probably like around ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing [email protected] Scientists have created an interactive map that shows how parts of Illinois may be swallowed up by Lake Michigan as climate change bites.

More than 21 years later, a March tornado devastated Indian Lake, a lake town about 100 miles southwest of Port Clinton. Port Clinton residents who recall the 2002 tornado remember those difficult ...