Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced that the name of Lake Michigan had been changed to "Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump's Gulf of America. Pritzker posted a video ...

(AP Photo/Erin Hooley) As if the Chicago Bears stealing Ben Johnson from the Detroit Lions wasn’t enough, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he is renaming Lake Michigan after his state. In a video ...

Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world's maps reflect this momentous change." Trump signed Executive Order 14172 on his ...

Armadillos inch northward in Illinois ... Branch Pizza & Burger Co., Glenview, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12: Darrell Toliver, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” Lake Geneva Fishing Club, Poplar ...

The Doobie Brothers will make a tour stop in western Pennsylvania when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band heads back out on the road this summer.The group will perform at the Pavilion at Star Lake ...

Iroquois County’s vote was some 72%, and Calhoun County’s near 76%. Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston says the Illinois counties would be more than welcome to come on over. On Jan. 14 the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons. By Alissa Wilkinson ...

A paraprofessional in Lake County was charged after the discovery of an inappropriate relationship with a student. Students and first responders faced off in an exciting basketball game Wednesday ...

Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world’s maps reflect this momentous change.” Wisconsin - notably Green Bay - wasn’t ...