Though it may still feel like summer outside in the Chicago area, days continue to get shorter as the seasons are changing, ...

Four grade schoolers from Oak Park were among winners of the 2024 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, a statewide contest.

Brooklyn, Illinois, is the oldest, and one of the few surviving, majority-Black incorporated towns in the U.S. Archaeologists ...

With all the spectacular options available to you, it can often be difficult to decide on which of the best places to road ...

There are 35 miles of carriage roads and 50 miles of hiking trails, some of which lead straight to breathtaking waterfalls such as the 1 mile walk to Awosting Falls and a 5-mile-loop (mostly on a ...

Explore Moose Lake State Park in Minnesota for hiking, camping, and a free geological museum. Perfect for a weekend or day ...

This makes Interstate a wonderful park for enjoying fall foliage, because you'll not only be able to immerse yourself in the ...

Several animal refuges and state parks surround the town ... From spring to fall, you can go up the funicular to get views of Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. Fun fact: You can still visit the home that ...

For a town that lauds itself as "The Crossroads of Indiana" (a state that is itself "The Crossroads of America"), it's interesting that Bainbridge never actually became the crossroads town residents ...

Illinois is 3-0 for the first time since 2011 after a sizable win over Central Michigan before a homecoming crowd at Memorial ...

The Latino voters in this study lived in counties adjacent to the river in all 10 states along the Mississippi River: ...

This being homecoming, we joined 10 all-star alums — including 2024 honorees George Lundeen, Jennifer Roscoe, Mary ...