The 11-player Benedictine University flag football team sat in a stretching circle just outside the walled turf field at ...

Photos from the first women’s college flag football game in Illinois between Benedictine and Rockford on March 8, 2025, at the Walter Payton Center in Lake Forest.

The redesign contest included 10 new designs, two former state flags and the current one. The current flag received over ...

Flag football is only growing in popularity leading up to the 2028 Olympics, and that was on display last weekend at the home of the Chicago Bears.

International Women's Day — the Bears hosted the first ever collegiate women's flag football game in the state of Illinois, featuring Benedictine University and Rockford University.

More than half of those who voted in the Illinois flag redesign process wanted a new flag for the state, though their votes ...

Illinois residents voted to keep the current state flag, with it receiving more votes than the next five alternatives ...

After weeks of voting amongst 14 total choices, the Illinois public has decided to keep the state’s flag the same. But what ...

The Illinois General Assembly will review the poll results and a report from a flag commission before making a final vote on ...

Editor's Note: The video in this story is from a previous report. After thousands of submissions, 10 finalists and nearly 385,000 votes, the state of Illinois may not have a new flag after all.