The current state flag was adopted in 1915 after the state held a contest to create a flag, nearly 100 years after Illinois was admitted into the Union. Lucy Derwent, of the Rockford chapter of ...

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

Here's how and why Rockford University became the first college in Illinois to adopt women's flag football as a sport.

The Bears will host the first-ever collegiate women’s flag football game for the state of Illinois on March 8, 2025, at the ...