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Cindy Kaufman was named as the 1987 Miss Illinois Basketball. She scored 33 points in a 54-47 win over Carthage Hancock Central to lead the Irish to the state championship. She played at ISU. Kailey ...

In 2024, Illinois' I-Cash unclaimed property program returned nearly $299 million in missing money to its rightful owners, the Illinois State Treasurer said Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day and ...

More than 45 different scholarships are available for students through the Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln. Applications are being accepted now. Last year, more than $260,000 was awarded.

The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns on Monday, January 27 th, the same date the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) begins accepting federal ...

After No. 17 Illinois was utterly manhandled by an unranked Maryland team at home Thursday, Illini coach Brad Underwood sent a message – both direct and indirect – to his entire club about the ...

The Anchorage Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden railroad spike that was used in a celebration commemorating the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. The item was ...

But the best team in the Big Ten? That's Illinois, according to the NET, KenPom.com and BartTorvik.com — even after Thursday's 91-70 loss at home to Maryland that dropped the Illini to 13-6 ...

HCE Local Leader Lesson; 12:30-2 p.m. Jan. 28, Farm Bureau Auditorium, 2242 Westgate Drive, Bloomington; speaker Susan Woollen; Second Generation Speakers' Bureau of the Illinois Holocaust Museum ...

A former Bushnell man and former U.S. Marine living in Ohio who had been convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was among thousands pardoned Monday by newly reelected President ...

Local police departments and agencies in Illinois, guided by the Illinois TRUST Act, have reaffirmed their commitment to community safety while limiting involvement in federal immigration ...

Enter Central Cee, the 25-year-old rap sensation from the West London neighborhood of Shepherd’s Bush, whose reign over social feeds these past few years feels uncontested. With his studio debut ...