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

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, the current state flag won the vote.

Photos from the first women’s college flag football game in Illinois between Benedictine and Rockford on March 8, 2025, at the Walter Payton Center in Lake Forest.

On March 8 — International Women's Day — the Bears hosted the first ever collegiate women's flag football game in the state of Illinois. A crowd of coaches, families and high school flag football ...

The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out. About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag ...

The 11-player Benedictine University flag football team sat in a stretching circle just outside the walled turf field at ...

The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out. About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag revision contest decided they’d prefer to resist change and keep the ...

It seems Illinois might not be getting a new state flag after all. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Thursday more people prefer Illinois' current state flag than any of the proposed ...

Of the nearly 385,000 votes cast, more than 165,000 went to the current flag — receiving more votes than the next five top designs combined. Second place earned 32,898 votes, Illinois Secretary ...