What makes for a hero?Quiet humility.

CHAMPAIGN - State climate experts say Illinois had the third wettest May on record and it was the sixth-consecutive month with above-average rainfall.

BARTONVILLE - A dozen members of a Bartonville-based Illinois Army National Guard unit were sent to help with flood relief efforts in Grafton, according to officials.

In the wake of successfully legislating the legalization of recreational marijuana in Illinois, state Rep.

PEORIA - For more than a week, two central Illinois men have been on a sight-seeing tour like no other.

ROCKFORD - A story hour featuring books read by a drag queen at Rockford Public Library's East Branch is upsetting some residents at a time the city is celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month for the first time.