Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB.That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” ...

Editor's Note: The video in this story is from a previous report. After thousands of submissions, 10 finalists and nearly 385,000 votes, the state of Illinois may not have a new flag after all.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag redesign contest following a five-week voting period. Voters had the option to choose their favorite from ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag redesign contest following a five-week voting period. Voters had the option to choose their favorite from ...

Illinoisans voted to keep the current state flag in a redesign contest. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Illinoisans have spoken: Don’t go changing our flag. The public had a chance ...

The highly anticipated Illinois flag redesign contest results were released on Thursday morning. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, a majority ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois voters have opted to keep the current state flag ahead of several proposed ... There were nearly 386,000 votes received in the contest, with more than 165,000 or 43 ...

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB ... Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen.

(WAND) - The current Illinois state flag is the most popular choice among voters in the flag redesign contest. The public overwhelmingly favors retaining the current state flag, Illinois Secretary ...

Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a ... state flag,” said Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, whose archivist chairs the Illinois Flag Commission.

Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a ... state flag,” said Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, whose archivist chairs the Illinois Flag Commission.