Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, ...

The highly anticipated Illinois flag redesign contest results were released on Thursday morning. Illinois Secretary of State ...

The Illinois General Assembly will review the poll results and a report from a flag commission before making a final vote on ...

A grey seal found stranded and blind more than a decade ago on an island in Maine has given birth at a Chicago-area zoo and is now "a very attentive mother" to her newborn, zoo officials said Friday.

There were nearly 400,000 votes over a five-week period. Take a look at what design won the Illinois state flag contest.

An overwhelming majority of those who cast online votes in a contest about redesigning the state flag chose the current banner rather than any of the 10 new options or one of two alternate state flag ...

Earlier this year, the public had the chance to vote for their favorite out of 10 new designs, three previous iterations and ...

After weeks of voting amongst 14 total choices, the Illinois public has decided to keep the state’s flag the same. But what ...

Illinois residents voted to keep the current state flag, with it receiving more votes than the next five alternatives ...

Illinois residents overwhelmingly support keeping the current state flag, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced ...

The aquarium helping Chappy — a nod to the New Haven, Conn., neighborhood where he was rescued last month — said he died of ...