Illinois
state, United States
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Calumet City, Illinois police officer receives special thank-you from family he helped
• Dec. 23, 2024, 6:03 PM ET (CBS)
Strat's Drive-Thru in Villa Park, Illinois says goodbye
• Dec. 22, 2024, 5:54 PM ET (CBS)
Man charged with mass shooting at Illinois parade loses bid to bar his statements at trial
• Dec. 18, 2024, 2:39 PM ET (AP)
Grubhub to pay $25M in deceptive practices settlement with Illinois attorney general and the FTC
• Dec. 17, 2024, 7:42 PM ET (AP)
A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden's clemency list
• Dec. 13, 2024, 10:23 PM ET (AP)
Illinois, constituent state of the United States of America. It stretches southward 385 miles (620 km) from the Wisconsin border in the north to Cairo in the south. In addition to Wisconsin, the state borders Lake Michigan to the northeast, Indiana to the east, Kentucky to the southeast, Missouri to the west, and Iowa to the northwest. Illinois was named for the Illinois Indians. The capital is Springfield, in the west-central part of the state. Admitted as the 21st member of the union on December 3, 1818, Illinois lies within both the so-called old industrial belt and the fertile agricultural ...(100 of 6015 words)