The spawning crappie were feeding largely on shad about two inches long and our white jigs on one eights ounce jig heads perfectly mimicked their size and color. Technique is important whether casting ...

Every crappie angler loves the spring. All across the country crappies go through their spawn-season progression at various times depending on region. And during certain parts of the spawn, crappies ...

Welcome to Decatur, Illinois, the financial oasis sitting pretty in the heart of the Prairie State, where $1,400 a month isn’t a sentence to ramen noodles and basic cable.

The Illinois Lottery reported a 1 per cent fall in its annual sales for 2025 to $3.84 billion but sales were strong in December.

Find peace in this glacier-shaped Illinois park with quiet trails, wetlands, and scenic lakes, an easy escape just beyond Chicago’s busy pace.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 7,189 ...

LOS ANGELES — Undermanned, undersized and underqualified. You can chalk up the USC Trojans 2025-2026 men's basketball campaign to one outlier: Injuries. Trojans head coach Eric Musselman has remarked ...

A new Ikea store is opening in Illinois this year as part of the Swedish furniture chain's 2026 planned openings. Ikea announced six openings last year, with an additional four mentioned in its "2025 ...

CHICAGO — The opening of the Okay Cannabis shop in Wheeling three years ago seemed like a good business bet. It was the first dispensary in the state to combine sales of marijuana and alcohol with the ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Darian DeVries knew the challenges No. 8 Illinois presented Indiana men’s basketball two days before the two squads faced off Sunday. When the Hoosiers head coach sat inside the ...