In its first major enforcement action under the Trump administration, ICE conducted a nationwide operation resulting in over 460 arrests, including in Illinois.

Suspicion. Rebellion. Murder. The Netflix show American Primeval depicts how tensions between Mormon pioneers in Utah and the U.S. government came to a violent head in the 1850s.

The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty for patients, doctors, hospitals and others.

The sesquicentennial (150-year, upper left) and centennial (upper right) designs for the Illinois state flag are candidates for adoption. The lower two flags are new designs, including the one in the lower right that simply adds stripes to the current standard.

Federal immigration agents conducted the first large-scale arrest operation under the Trump administration, resulting in nearly 500 arrests. According to U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE),

Democratic attorneys general from states including New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts are moving to keep funds flowing to state governments and cities.

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific war atrocity on Sept. 11, 1857, in a valley called Mountain Meadows (which, again, is some 400 miles southwest of Bridger, not close by as it’s depicted in the series).

Several states tax grocery store purchases and some let their local governments tack on an additional grocery tax as well. Do you live in one of them?

Arkansas earned two upset wins last week, including defeating #2 LSU on Friday night. The second-ranked Oklahoma men used the nation's top team score in their victory over #3 Illinois. Check out all of the scores and recaps of last week's NCAA gymnastics action.

Local Boy Scout Troop 1310 from Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church is always looking for a new adventure. Scout Master Peter McFarland found one Jan. 18 in Bloomington: hockey. Actually, hockey found the troop.

Ryan's list of overrated and underrated CBB power rankings from AP for 2025 NCAA college basketball teams after Week 12. Who are the most overvalued and undervalued college basketball teams heading into Week 13?