Looking for to take some day-trips this summer with the kids? Here's what to know about all the major zoos in Illinois.

Check out all the fun planned for the Fourth of July holiday in Bloomington-Normal, McLean County and Central Illinois.

After less than two decades printing newspapers, the Journal Sentinel’s massive West Milwaukee facility is being repurposed ...

This summer Mairen Mannon is coaching up young volleyball players at a three-day camp. But she remembers when she was the young girl from Chillicothe at a volleyball camp, falling in love with the ...

A third of the food grown worldwide depends on insects and other animals for pollination, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ...

The Heart of Illinois Fair, a Peoria tradition since 1950, returned for its 76th year in 2025 — a far cry from its glory years.

The Peoria Zoo in March welcomed a 5-year-old Grevy's zebra, born at White Oak Conservation Center in Florida. The zoo is asking for votes on a name.

The Peoria Zoo in March welcomed a 5-year-old Grevy's zebra, born at White Oak Conservation Center in Florida. The zoo is asking for votes on a name.

The Peoria Zoo is mourning the loss of Butch, a black-handed spider monkey and the oldest known member of his species, who was born in 1973 and lived at the zoo since 1981.

The new Tropical Forests primate habitat features an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and endangered black-handed spider monkeys ...

Five years after the true crime documentary “Tiger King” captivated a country shut down by COVID-19, the final legal troubles ...