The governor went on to say there will be an announcement next week regarding the Mississippi River as part of the joke.

In a social media post, Governor JB Pritzker announced the changes come after decades of studies. “I’m here today to make an ...

I’m here today to make an important announcement,” Gov. Pritzker said in the video. “The world’s finest geographers, experts ...

Situated about halfway between Kansas City, Missouri, and Indianapolis, St. Louis overlooks the Mississippi River on the Missouri-Illinois border. Inside its 79 neighborhoods, visitors will find ...

If you’re planning a road trip through Illinois, you won’t want to miss some of the state’s most unique and quirky ...

Pritzker appears to be taking a jab at President Trump who signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

"Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday, mocking President Donald Trump ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent executive order where he changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.

The driver was picking up food at a Prairie Street Brewing Co. on Wednesday afternoon when the car started sliding down a ...

Authorities are still looking for a man accused of attacking a victim and fleeing the scene.

Using innovative environmental DNA and conventional surveying techniques, scientists found traces of a mussel not seen in Illinois since the early 1900s. Describing the scene from the Sangamon River, ...

State Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) issued a public statement in response to the guilty verdicts announced Feb. 12 in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan: “It’s a sad day ...