Four grade schoolers from Oak Park were among winners of the 2024 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, a statewide contest.

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Brooklyn, Illinois, is the oldest, and one of the few surviving, majority-Black incorporated towns in the U.S. Archaeologists ...

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In July, Pekin's city council unanimously passed an ordinance making it illegal for people to camp on public property within the city. Morton passed a similar ordinance earlier this month.

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Peoria was praised by the publication as a relative bargain with short average commute times and abundant views of the Illinois River. As for Rockford, the "City of Gardens" was lauded for its ...

Think you can do better than the real-world city planners of yore? This Real World Cities Maps collection lets you try your hand at redesigning one of hundreds of real cities, from Ancona ...

There’s something quite romantic about being the only person roaming around a deserted, overgrown city in the rain. This isn’t an open map to explore, but might inspire the desire to build ...

Corruption is a way of life in Illinois politics and in Chicago, once dubbed “the only completely corrupt city in America.” As part of its ongoing series “Culture of Corruption,” the ...

In July, Pekin's city council unanimously passed an ordinance making it illegal for people to camp on public property within the city. Morton passed a similar ordinance earlier this month. Peoria, ...