SPRINGFIELD — With a pledge to "keep Illinois moving forward," Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker launched his campaign for reelection on Thursday, making him the first Illinois governor in more than ...

PEORIA — For 60 years, SkillsUSA Illinois has held workforce development competitions for young people entering the trades. For 60 years, there has never been an all-female team competing in the ...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is leaving for a three-day visit to the United States to participate in a meeting of Quad foreign ministers and hold talks with the American leadership on a ...

A growing number of visitors are discovering southern Illinois as a travel destination amid a recent effort to entice more people to visit for the summer season.

Illinois students whose grades are high enough won’t need to fill out applications to earn admission to most state universities, thanks to a new state law. The direct admissions program was ...

BOSTON -- Alex Bregman doesn’t want to get ahead of himself. But at the same time, he had a hard time containing his excitement as he spoke about his latest day of rehab prior to Monday’s game against ...

Some nature lovers learned about wildlife on Friday at Hauberg Estate, Rock Island. (Mike Colón, OurQuadCities.com) The Back Yard Bio Blitz featured guided plant hikes and a look at live repti… ...

“Having the state of Illinois’ leaders viewed as capable and competent and potentially able to run the entire country and being talked about in that way, allows us, I think, to get more for the people ...

The recent rumblings from downstate Illinois have caught the attention of lawmakers across the border in Indiana, where dominant Republicans are eager to position their state as a low-tax, low ...

BOSTON – Red Sox manager Alex Cora had some encouraging news on the injury front on Friday, announcing that Alex Bregman (left quad) has initiated baseball activities and Masataka Yoshida (right ...

Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, has served as governor since 2019 and is the first Illinois governor to seek a third term since Gov. Jim Thompson announced a bid in 1982.