In southern Illinois, about as far as you can get from ... forces during the Civil War is now a shell of its former self — ...

A tornado, which swept over southern Illinois yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock, wiped out several towns, left thousands homeless and caused great property damage over a wide area in the southern ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois lawmakers are looking to promote community revitalization with a bill that would allow homeowners to claim an abandoned home on their street in court.

In a video titled “We Got Trapped Inside an Abandoned Prison by Police,” a ... For Dwight, like other towns with large state facilities, the prison was a major part of the local economy ...