The News-Democrat has contacted candidates in township races in the April 1 election and asked them to complete a detailed questionnaire. Here’s what they have to say.

Over its history, the event has featured more than 100 teams from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Last year, the PKC introduced the Girls Flag Football Showcase to its lineup, reinforcing ...

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 ...

I accept his nomination with gratitude and humility and thank him for the confidence he has placed in me,” McGovern says.

Some forward-looking Illinois lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen.

In January and February, vexillological Illinoisans engaged in a process led by the state to select a new state flag.

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 ...

That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state’s bald eagle-themed ...