Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create entire new states.

A woman was killed in a shooting in a Walmart parking lot Saturday afternoon in Lansing, Illinois. Police said, around 1:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired outside the Walmart at 176th and Torrence,

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

The Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie is closing for major renovations, with a temporary location opening downtown.

Illinois (20-11, 12-8 Big Ten) trailed 63-53 with 11:34 to go, but outscored the Boilermakers 13-1 in the final two minutes to win its third in a row after losing three straight.

No shot clock equaled no March Madness in Illinois sectional title game as Eastland held the ball the whole first quarter and beat No. 1 Pecatonica.

An Illinois woman has died after falling from a golf cart in The Villages.

The Skokie museum will close this summer, but visitors will be able to see popular exhibits at a temporary satellite museum in River North.