Continuing a recent trend, a group of Illinois counties will cast votes on whether or not they should seek to form a state separate from Chicago and Cook County.

A task force of lawmakers and historians is recommending that Illinois create a full-time commission to commemorate ... put ...

In the decades leading up to the Civil War, fearless throngs defied prison or worse to secretly shuttle as many as 7,000 ...

On third-and-7 in U-M territory, Tuttle avoided the rush, tucked the ball and ran, only to get stripped by Gabe Jacas and lose a fumble for the second time in as many games. Illinois got down to ...

Twice, the Buckeyes were stopped on fourth down deep inside Illinois territory, the second time on fourth-and-goal from the 1. The closest Illinois came to scoring in the first half came when ...

The No. 24 Illini returned home to Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Despite being a 6-2 team playing an unranked opponent, Illinois entered the game as the underdog. After its road loss to Oregon last ...

The Gophers faced a 4th-and-2 with under two minutes to play in Illinois territory, up 22-17. They could go for it and run the clock out with a conversion, or kick a field goal to make it an 8 ...

Will Riley's 31 points are the most by an Illinois freshman in their debut Will Riley scored 26 of his 31 points in the second half to set an Illinois scoring record in a freshman debut and the ...