state fair

I'm sure the police find some crazy lost items, but this one might take the cake.

Is there really anything better than fried food on a stick?

Anyone else SERIOUSLY craving fair food? Or maybe just an in person fun event in general? Same. I think we all miss going to an event without having to worry about COVID. With life slowly opening back up, events that we missed last year are announcing their return for 2021...

When you think of "Fair food," chances are you're thinking of something on a stick. Finding a way to serve up something on a skewer of some sort has become the trademark of fairs, whether we're talking county or state.

Unless you pay attention to such things, you may be unaware that 2018 marks 200 years since Illinois became a state. If you were around in 1976 for our nation's bicentennial, then you know that there will be plenty of products clamoring to be the official _________ of Illinois' bicentennial.

This ride ban is going to dramatically change several Illinois county fairs, festivals and the Illinois State Fair.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State officials are seeking nominations for the annual "Illinoisan of the Day" award. The program awards people who display qualities associated with the Land of Lincoln. Officials say those include integrity, dependability, sense of community and strong ethics...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Collecting and doling out beer tickets proved an expensive hangover for current and former managers of the state's two state fairs. The governor's Office of the Executive Inspector General announced findings of the Executive Ethics Commission and the punishment levied by the Illinois Department of Agricultrue for accepting the tickets in violation of the $100 an