The three most-visited Wisconsin state parks in 2024 remain unchanged from 2023. Devil's Lake State Park in Sauk County had nearly 2.4 million visitors, almost 1 million more than any other park.

BEACH PARK, Ill. (CBS) -- Investigators late Monday were trying to figure out what sparked that engulfed a mobile home in Beach Park. The fire was burning around 2 p.m. in a unit in the Beach Park ...

Illinois residents may soon be able to present state identification by opening an app on their smartphone or smartwatch. The Illinois Secretary of State office has announced a goal of launching ...

No. 12 Michigan State plays host to No. 19 Illinois on CBS in a Sunday matchup of two of the top contenders to win the Big Ten. Michigan State entered the weekend as the lone team from the ...

An exciting weekend of college basketball continues Sunday when No. 18 Illinois plays host to Ohio State in a marquee Big Ten matchup on CBS. This will mark the only scheduled meeting between the ...

The debate follows November elections where many rural counties in southern and central parts of Illinois voted to explore seceding from the state. The Illinois attorney general has previously ...

ILLINOIS – The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow. Those for separating point to things like high taxes and a ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office is conducting the public vote. Tom Ackerman covers breaking news and trending news along with general news for the Springfield State Journal ...

State lawmakers plan to introduce legislation this week that would make Illinois the first state to fully decriminalize sex work. Equality Illinois and the Sex Worker Advisory Group, a coalition ...

Flames -3.5; over/under is 148.5 BOTTOM LINE: UIC faces Illinois State after Filip Skobalj scored 20 points in UIC's 88-83 loss to the Indiana State Sycamores. The Flames have gone 7-4 in home games.

BARABOO, Wis. -- Devil's Lake State Park has always been a major destination among Wisconsin state parks, and its superintendent and a nonprofit group involved with the park are hoping to increase ...

The Illinois basketball team gets a Big Ten Conference test today against Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans. CBS will televise the 11 a.m. game from Breslin Center in East Lansing ...