OK, so now we had a name, but we also had a question: Why would an area in Iowa be named for a Missouri senator? One reason ...

Missouri was admitted to the Union in 1821, the 24th state. State capital was temporarily located in St. Charles until a permanent capital could be built. Missouri was noted to be the first state ...

Ninety-two years ago, the American Goldfinch became Iowa’s state bird. Today, Iowans are calling for a state horse, fish and ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sits at a table surrounded by University of Illinois researchers who will soon be out of work, ...

A dynamic storm system threatening to spawn powerful tornadoes and hail as big as baseballs has earned a relatively rare ...

Defensively, Iowa forced just five Illinois turnovers, including one steal and two blocks. Unfortunately for Iowa, they gave up the ball 16 total times, which Illinois was able to convert into 17 ...

National Weather Service meteorologists are warning of a severe storm expected to hit several states on Friday night.

Memphis was No. 16 and Illinois was No. 24 this week, giving Missouri two ranked squads from its nonconference schedule. Kansas also was receiving votes.

As one of 62 voters in the weekly AP poll, I had the Illini at No. 20 on my preseason ballot. Before this week, the last time I ranked them – and the last time they appeared in the poll – was ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — All Wright led Valparaiso with 29 points and sealed the victory with a layup with 47 seconds left as the 11th-seeded Beacons took down No. 3-seed Northern Iowa 64-63 on Friday ...