Tongue firmly in cheek, the governor said his proclamation has been sent to Google "so the world's maps reflect this ...

Oh, and Green Bay, Illinois will no longer sit along Lake Michigan anymore. Per the governor's message earlier in the video, Lake Michigan will henceforth be named Lake Illinois. "A Great Lake ...

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,” Pritzker says, poking at Trump’s ...

STERLING, Ill. — The City of Sterling is making a push to join Illinois’ River Edge Redevelopment Zone Program, hoping to tap into new economic development resources that could help revitalize ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced plans to rename Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois and annex Green Bay, Wisconsin. The humorous declaration follows a recent executive order by former ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five Illinois voters have filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map drawn in 2021 SPRINGFIELD, Ill.

Goose Lake is one of 18 communities around the state awarded money to improve water quality. East Moline police are investigating a shooting that left one injured, while a man is wanted in Rock ...

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 ...

The Murphysboro Fire Department sent out firefighters to help a red-tailed hawk which was tangled up in some fishing line at Brown's Lake on Sunday evening. Both Captain Nance, Captain Dosch ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said he would block pardoned Capitol insurrectionists from serving in local government positions, citing a state law ordinance, according to a Thursday letter ...