One writer’s All-Quarter Century (2000-25) Illinois team

With the NBA and NHL champs crowned, the NBA Draft over, and football still weeks away, we’ve officially hit the dog days of summer. The transfer portal’s quiet, rosters are set, and all that’s left is baseball. So, what better time to spark a debate? Here …

Illinois Rates in Top 25 of EA Sports' College Football 26: Why It Matters

Nov 30, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Illinois Fighting Illini running back Aidan Laughery (21) celebrates with quarterback Luke Altmyer (9) after scoring a touchdown against the Northwestern Wildcats during the second half at Wrigley Field. Mandatory …

First Illinois Restaurant for Booming Chicken Chain

It looks like the landscape of chicken chains in Illinois is about to get much more interesting as one of the fastest-growing brands reportedly is about to announce its first-ever restaurant in the Land of Lincoln. There's a very popular chicken brand …

Illinois legislature passes bill limiting areas where CCS projects can inject CO2

Celeb Sings In Suburb, Birria Pizza Booms: Good News, Illinois

ILLINOIS — In this week's good news roundup, we dig into a local bar's birria pizza boom and learn where one actor from Forrest Gump will be grooving out for charity. Oak Lawn Bar's Birria Pizza Turning Heads On TikTok Executive Chef Ivan …

'Why risk it?': Despite state ban, fireworks injure on average 150 each year in Illinois

  Fireworks are illegal in Illinois, but that doesn’t prevent an estimated 150 fireworks-related injuries to be reported in the state every year. Most of them occur around the July 4 holiday. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com, 2018 While most …

Figuring how to target burbot on Illinois' reefs in Lake Michigan

Jim Shell had a brainstorm on burbot, one of Illinois’ oddest fish. “Although a straggler can be caught accidentally during the day, they are strictly nocturnal predators,” Shell emailed after his first attempt in early June to night fish for burbot by …

Route 66: The last (or first) 300 miles in Illinois

Our Route 66 road trip ended at the beginning, at East Jackson Boulevard and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, where a brown sign hanging 12 feet high on a light post tells people they’ve reached the venerable road’s threshold. On a hot and windy Saturday …

Illinois U.S. Senator opposes 'life-changing' school choice legislation

(The Center Square) – A U.S. senator from Illinois stands opposed to school choice provisions in federal budget legislation. A provision in the bill would allow donors to lower their tax liability by donating to accredited scholarship-granting …

Law taking effect July 1 has Indiana possibly acquiring parts of Illinois

(25News Now and The Associated Press) - The Republican-dominated state government in Indiana seems willing to add like-minded counties in Illinois to become part of the Hoosier state. It remains unlikely, however, that Illinois will participate in the …