From rolling plains to staggering cliffs, these are the Most Treasured Views in the Central United States and Illinois.

The Cheesecake Factory has announced plans to open new locations in three states by 2026, including Illinois. This follows the recent opening of a location in Colorado earlier this month.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Democrats introduced what a leading budgeteer described as a $55 billion budget Friday evening ahead of a Saturday deadline to pass the fiscal year 2026 spending plan.

Three students got sick after eating a "gummy-like substance." Monhagen Middle School Principal Dominick Radogna said the students were hospitalized as a precaution, and there is no evidence of a ...

Well-documented shortcomings in North Carolina’s community mental health services have contributed to some untreated mentally ill people landing in prison, it contends. Disability Rights has ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In a new interview with The Independent, the "Jolene" artist told the outlet that Dean "was ill for quite a while" before his passing. "Part of me was at peace that he was at peace and not ...

Parents should be treated as part of a child’s care team in hospital, experts have said after a new study found that parent intuition is more likely to predict critical illness than various ...

Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up ...

As climate change and development exacerbate the Mississippi River’s environmental problems, many communities will have to ...

Hidden between strip malls and suburban sprawl in Lisle, Illinois, sits a bright red building that’s become something of a ...