Eastern Illinois Foodbank next month will distribute food to area families facing food insecurity in Normal, Farmer City and throughout McLean County.

Severe thunderstorms are expected to smack 12 states in the Midwest and South over the weekend, with some tornadoes possible.

As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural residents of Illinois and Oregon are promoting geopolitical change of their own: Th ...