As we hiked down the Illinois River Trail, tight-roping the edge of a burnt-orange canyon carved by the river 2,000 feet below, it felt as though we were searching for a needle in a haystack.

The Illinois River and Kalmiopsis Wilderness can feel like a gigantic place — the mountains and canyons seem to swallow you whole — but it's the small things, a wildflower no bigger than the ...

Jim Barker's idea of turning his farm into a floral wonderland was born of the Illinois financial crisis in 2010.

CHICAGO (CBS) --Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, the Illinois State Treasurer's office is asking for help to reunite a dozen Purple Heart medals with their rightful owners. State Treasurer ...

Ahead of Memorial Day, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs made a renewed request for the public’s assistance in returning a dozen Purple Heart medals to their rightful owners. The medals ...

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced that a Purple Heart awarded to a late Will County Marine has been returned to his only daughter.

In a Reddit post, the homeowner shared a photo of a blooming side yard filled with purple wildflowers and greenery. But according to the user, their neighbors took issue with the yard and reported ...

The superbloom is here: After one of the wettest winters on record, California hillsides are exploding with colorful wildflowers.

There are no mountains in Illinois, but plenty of purple out on the prairies. The weed with the purple flower presently populating the prairie is called henbit.

The Illinois River and Kalmiopsis Wilderness can feel like a gigantic place — the mountains and canyons seem to swallow you whole — but it's the small things, a wildflower no bigger than the ...

A Kalmiopsis leachiana, a rare wildflower only found in southwest Oregon's Siskiyou Mountain and Kalmiopsis Wilderness area. These flowers were found April 18 along the Illinois River Trail.Photo ...