The average 48-state temperature for meteorological winter (December through February) came in at 34.09 degrees Fahrenheit (1 ...

In rural Kansas in 1959, two recently paroled ex-cons attempted to rob a well-to-do farmer, believing he kept large amounts of cash in the family home. Frustrated that there was little of value in the ...

While Illinois’ total population grew slightly last year, many areas of the state experienced population decline. People ...

The Illinois Big Tree Register is being tidied up and brings a reminder of how many champion trees are around us, including ...

As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural ...

Much of the Illinois quantum park will essentially be akin to a shipping center and may not be the best of neighbors on ...

Republicans threw a stink bomb into the chambers of the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court. Citing the Illinois Constitution’s requirement that legislative maps be “compact,” the GOP ...

The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag ...

Coastal managers and researchers used drones and laser scanners to map Australia's beach topography in detail ahead of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. That will be repeated in the wake of the storm to ...

Flooding rains will continue for days to lash a region of the Australian east coast even though it avoided the destructive winds of its first tropical cyclone in 51 ...