Approximately 43% of the 385,000 flag votes submitted online since January favored keeping Illinois' flag as it is.

Huston sidestepped a lot of questions about the practicalities of Indiana potentially taking in a batch of mostly rural counties located in central and southern Illinois by emphasizing his ...

Social Security benefits and Railroad Retirement benefits are also exempt from Illinois state income tax. Illinois has a 6.25% state sales tax. Localities can add as much as 4.75%, and the average ...

with an Illinois Central railroad station — later officially named after the Fondren family — providing easy access to supplies for both the asylum and the growing Fondren community. In 1894 ...

(WAND) - Two more warm days for central Illinois before it cools off. After highs around 60° the past couple of days, it'll be mostly sunny, breezy and cooler today with highs in the 50s.

Central Illinois may get a taste of spring next week, following a bitter cold snap that changed its tune. Temperatures Friday are warming and will see a high near 28 in Springfield. The weather ...

Gov. JB Pritzker giving his State of the State budget address on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, in Springfield. Central Illinois lawmakers had mixed reactions to Gov. JB Pritzker’s State of the State ...