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 ...

Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could ...

Here’s an inside look at the the state’s successful push to boost tourism across its inspirational southernmost region.

Callie Luttman from Mix 94.5 and 97.9 The Vibe joins ciLiving host Jaclyn Friedlander and contributing host Tommy Bickham to ...

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

I had no idea that southern Illinois looked like that.” A growing number of visitors are discovering downstate as a travel destination amid recent efforts to entice more people to visit its lush ...

Nearly a quarter of a million new homes will have to be built in Illinois over the next five years to keep up with rising ...

After the ordinance’s April introduction, stalled hearings will likely delay a review process that already takes months.

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The Illinois Department of Transportation announced June 23 that Illinois 49 at the TP&W Railroad crossing in Crescent City in Iroquois County is closed for repairs. The crossing ...

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Despite plans to take over operations from the state, the city will instead shutter both facilities in the coming months. Residents are already being moved out of the Southwest Side shelter.