State Sen. Mike Halpin secured funding for the Illinois DNR to study the dams and help decide their future. The project faced ...

As the weather gets warmer, it means multiple things, including construction season. Here's a look at some of the major ...

The Illinois Natural History Survey is studying and tracking smallmouth bass movements on southern Lake Michigan and in the ...

Residents in Pope County are still dealing with the impacts of major flooding to parts of the region. The Ohio River in ...

You may have seen yard signs around Champaign-Urbana about the Mahomet Aquifer, but do you know what they are about, to which ...

Rend Lake officially crested at 413.67, only slightly below the highest recorded lake elevation of 413.83 way back in 1995.

A "no" vote opposed eliminating the office of the Recorder of Deeds, an elected office, and transferring duties to the Sangamon County Clerk on December 1, 2026. To register to vote in Illinois, a ...

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The tiny central Illinois village ... in 1831 to haul freight down the Mississippi River to New Orleans when he snagged his flatboat on the Sangamon River dam at New Salem.

Gina Gillmore-Wolter, president of the New Salem Lincoln League, explains that the drive shaft, just over her right shoulder, has fallen out of the floor of the gristmill, part of the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois voters casting ballots in the April 1 consolidated elections will not be required to show proof of U.S. citizenship, despite an executive order issued this week by President ...

Your device does not support the audio. CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA), and ...