Discover family-friendly attractions across Illinois beyond Chicago, with museums, wildlife parks, and quirky stops kids and parents will both enjoy.

Affordable living meets lakeside charm in Decatur, Illinois. Explore parks, shows, dining, and easygoing streets without big-city costs.

If residents of Champaign-Urbana are tired of driving over two hours — plus traffic — to get to Chicago, now’s the time to ...

An exit from Soldier Field could lead the Bears across state lines. But it could help revive a once thriving area and the team would still be in most fans’ orbit ...

Democratic lawmakers have filed a bill to require the Illinois Department of Transportation include passenger rail ...

FORSYTH, Ill. (WAND) - Decatur Christian School's FTC Robotics team is headed to the state championships. This year, the ...

Residents in a Southern California city want local police to stop letting federal immigration agents train at a publicly owned firing range.

On February 24th, around 11:30am, Decatur Police arrested Darkece T. Johnson, 36, for the following charges: Aggravated DUI ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A call for new amendments to the U.S. Constitution hit the Illinois Statehouse Friday afternoon. Supporters said Congress isn’t doing their part to reign in an ...

Passenger rail service has been slowly expanding across Illinois in recent years. In 2025, provisions for new passenger lines from Chicago to Peoria and the Quad Cities were a part of the massive $1.5 ...

The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers ...