The Illinois Flag Commission releases the top 10 finalists for the new state flag design contest.

We’ll call this photo “The Last Day of Kindergarten,” and the composition by Joe Rosenthal is exceptional. The June 18, 1965, scene shows a teacher waving at children as they bolt from the entrance of ...

Kentucky’s capital city will soon be flying new colors. In a unanimous vote this week, the Frankfort City Commission adopted the final design for a new Frankfort city flag.

In today’s newsletter, I’ll give you seven highlights, with help from charts by Albert Sun, a graphics editor at The Times.

Good Wednesday morning! A steady rain is still hanging around this morning on the backside of a cold front that moved through ...

Wednesday marks exactly 235 years since the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made its first step toward becoming ...

Indiana joined the union as the 19th state when President James Madison signed a congressional resolution admitting Indiana on Dec. 11, 1816.

Christmas parades in the United States date back to the 1880s, with the longest running Santa Claus Parade being in Peoria, ...