A decade ago, Pokémon Go sent Illinoisans into parks and parking lots … chasing virtual cartoon creatures with their phones. The craze faded, but the game and its most dedicated fans have kept on.

Born in raised in downstate Illinois, Archbishop Fulton Sheen reached millions and millions of Catholics through his radio and TV shows... Now, he’s a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church.

Two years ago, software consultant Jim Marter ran against Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood in Illinois’ 14th House District.

A new investigation from the Illinois Answers Project documents tens of thousands of incidents in county jails in recent ...

As we wrap up our trip across the 21st state’s portion of Route 66, we take a look at the tiny Village of Brooklyn, located ...

As we continue to tour across the 21st state’s portion of Route 66, we’re making a stop at the Ace Sign Museum in Springfield ...

Here’s a little background. Just over a year before Classic Mornings began, I hosted an early morning classical music program ...

Coming up, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s “Voices In Motion”…a look at vocal harmony group, choruses, and background singers of the hi-fi era. We’ll hear from The Anita Kerr Quartet, The Ray ...

You've seen them on the road or near your neighborhoods: swamps, bogs, marshes. Let's face it: wetland areas in the United ...

We’ll introduce you to some of the interesting stops–and interesting people–along the Illinois portion of historic Route 66, including a stop at the American Giants museum in Atlanta, Illinois.

Gridley, Illinois is home to a true central Illinois small-town gem: The Gridley Telephone Museum. Preserving over a century of telephone history, this museum is made up of telecommunication items and ...

The Prairie Fire team celebrates 100 years of Route 66, we take tour of some of Illinois' crucial wetland areas, and we visit the Gridley Telephone Museum for a fun history lesson.