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

There were 10 finalists in the contests, and nearly 385,000 people voted. The existing flag received 43% of the votes, more ...

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 ...

Rita put together a Sloomoo Institute review to prepare you for your visit. Traipse through installations by local artists, toss handfuls of Chicago-flag-colored confetti through the air, slide (or ...

JACKSON TWP., New Jersey -- It was an explosive end for a record-setting roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Twp., New Jersey, on Friday morning. Kingda Ka, the world's tallest ...

The public voting period for the Illinois state flag redesign contest has kicked off and will run through February 14th. Illinoisans can choose to vote for one of the Illinois Flag Commission’s Top 10 ...

Six Flags Great America will then be open daily through Monday, Aug. 18, when weekends-only operations will resume as students across the Chicago and Milwaukee areas head back to school.

The St. Sabina Church community raised an upside-down American flag Monday morning to protest recent policy decisions from the Trump administration. “What we are seeing in America is not and ...

Flying the U.S. flag upside down is a symbol of distress ... Pfleger is the senior pastor of St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church in Chicago. Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor ...

Father Pfleger said he plans to keep this flag flying upside down here until the state of normalcy returns to the country. A spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Chicago had no comment on the display.