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The Illinois State Fair has added more musical acts to its lineup.Click to Continue »

The Chicago Botanic Garden has broken ground on a $26 million learning center.Click to Continue »

State officials say hunters and anglers in Illinois have raised more than $700,000 for youth outdoors programs since 2006.Click to Continue »

A southwestern Illinois mayor severely injured in a fall at his home has returned to work after a recovery that lasted nearly three months.Click to Continue »

A former member of the school board in North Chicago has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for taking kickbacks on school-bus contracts.Click to Continue »

The National Park Service reports that 218,000 visitors to the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in 2014 spent $12.7 million in surrounding communities.Click to Continue »

Victims of landslides in East Peoria two years ago will receive help from the state.Click to Continue »

Carl Sandburg called Chicago the "city of big shoulders," but a 9-foot-tall statue of the poet in his hometown should rank right up there.Click to Continue »

When DeMarre Carroll is having one of those nights where the shots just won't fall, like Game 2 of the playoffs, he doesn't get down on himself.Click to Continue »

Berkeley police say they're searching for a person of interest in a shooting that left a 28-year-old man dead.Click to Continue »