Four new restaurants have opened around Belleville, bringing diverse dining options to the area.

The Apple Tree Inn, built in 1885, would be reconfigured but the Ostrich Room, a locally popular night spot, will remain ...

Matthiessen State Park sits just south of Starved Rock and tends to be less crowded, which means more peaceful trail experiences. The Upper Dells section features a stream flowing over limestone ...

The quarterfinals of 2025 Illinois high school football playoffs around Peoria are here. Live updates, highlights and IHSA ...

Stroll through the Fox River Forest Preserve, sip a craft beer at Wild Onion Brewery, or shop vintage finds in this lakeside ...

Near his family’s Illinois farm, Nik Jakobs is replanting Jewish life — turning a cornfield into a synagogue and a museum of small town Jewry.

Accessibility is another point in Oglesby’s favor—it’s close enough to major population centers that you can get there without devoting your entire day to travel. Chicago, the suburbs, Rockford, ...

Players from Peoria-area schools had some of the best IHSA performances from the quarterfinals of the Illinois high school ...

Matt Ebert entered the auto repair industry by accident—literally.

Washington native John Ackerman believes the #1 ranked Washington Panthers are going to win their quarterfinal game on Saturday.

If the members of New Illinois succeed at partitioning Illinois into two states, they’ll need a constitution, laws, a ...