Explain the meaning behind your flag: The 21 red + white stripes represent Illinois as the 21st state of this union. The blue field with the six-pointed white star represents Chicago. The negative ...

The original call for artists, or otherwise, to submit their suggested designs saw more than 5,000 entries pour in with the Illinois Flag Commission. From that panoply, the commission narrowed the ...

Many designs for the new Illinois state flag feature the six-pointed Chicago star or the silhouette of President Abraham Lincoln. “The farther up you go in the level of government, the higher ...

Illinois residents can play a role in history by voting on the new state flag design. Time is running out, however, as Friday ...

Bad Flag. [WBEZ] 2. Amtrak canceled several Chicago-area trains scheduled for Monday as the city braces for the first below-zero temperatures of the year Martin Luther King Jr. Day is set to be ...

Votes are being tallied in the Illinois flag contest, but the current flag has its fans and lawmakers could decide to keep it.

LAKE FOREST (WREX) — The Chicago Bears will host the first-ever collegiate women’s flag football game for the state of ...