Republicans are considering the proposal after roughly a third of counties in the Prairie state voted to break away ...

Stephanie Lulay, Executive editor and Co-Founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago ...

Feb. 15, Hancock County Historical Society quarterly meeting will host Reg Ankrum, a resident of Quincy, speaking on “The Statehood of Illinois and County Formation.” He is a ...

University of Chicago researchers recently published a neighborhood map of Chicago created using resident feedback. The new ...

What’s the question?” In my three years as a Supervisor, I am still trying to figure out exactly what Chester County actually does for Kennett Township. They don’t maintain our roads. They don’t ...

ILLINOIS – The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow. Those for separating point to things like high taxes and a ...

The Douglas County Livestock and Forage Conference will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Ava General Baptist Church in Ava, Missouri, 213 E. Webster Ave. “This conference will ...

Douglas County commissioners held their business meeting at the Douglas County Courthouse commission meeting room, 1100 Massachusetts St., on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The Douglas County ...

The rural counties of Iroquois, Calhoun, Clinton, Green, Jersey, Madison and Perry all voted to examine “the possibility of separating from Cook County ... out in the Illinois Township Code.

DOUGLAS COUNTY — The Land Conservation Committee is slowly reinitiating small grants from the interest earned on the county’s environmental reserve fund. The fund was created by an agreement ...