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World’s Largest Corn Maze Immortalizes James Bond Movies with 10-Mile Masterpiece in Illinois -LOOK
Even super spy James Bond might need British Intelligence help to escape this Quantum of corn.
An incredibly-detailed maze was planted on an Illinois farm...
New Illinois Law Allows Women to Get Birth Control Pills from a Pharmacist Without a Doctor Involved
A new law passed on the first of January provides easier access to birth control in Illinois, with women able to quickly complete screenings...
First EV Trucks Roll off Rivian Assembly Line in Illinois, Watch Giddy Test Drives: ‘Quickest Thing I‘ve Ever Driven’
Rivian Automobiles has just launched a pair of all-electric outdoor adventure vehicles following years of subjecting them to the harshest testing and explorers' feedback.
On...
Texas Superman Cop Drives 11 Hours to Illinois to Surprise Sick Boy
Since he can't actually fly, this Texas Superman drove 11 hours to Illinois to surprise a seven-year-old cancer patient.
Senior Corporal Damon Cole of the Dallas...
Illinois Teen Pulls Woman From Path of Moving Train
A high school student from West Frankfort, Illinois is being hailed a hero after pulling a grandmother off the railroad tracks in the path of...
Illinois Abortions at Record Low
Abortions reported in Illinois reached a 37-year low in 2010, the lowest total since 1973, the year the procedure was legalized in the United...
Illinois Abolishes Death Penalty to Avoid Mistaken Executions
Illinois has banned the death penalty, becoming the sixteenth state to abolish capital punishment. Gov. Patrick Quinn signed the bill to end the...
Illinois Doctor Offers Free Treatment in Recession
A small ad was placed in a Central Illinois newspaper by a local doctor who offered that for the duration of the calendar...
Rare Okapi Born at Illinois Zoo
The Brookfield Zoo proudly announced this week the birth of a new baby okapi — an endangered animal known to be native only to a...
Good News in History, November 10
101 years ago today, one of the most famous dogs in the world, Hachikō the Akita, was born in Ōdate. He is beloved, revered,...
Good News in History, November 3
119 years ago today, the prolific African-American painter Lois Mailou Jones was born. With her best works exhibited in a half-dozen fine arts museums...
Good News in History, October 23
Happy 70th Birthday to Ang Lee, the filmmaker who was a stay-at-home dad before gaining fame for directing the Oscar-winning films Brokeback Mountain and...
Pilot of Rescue Flight for Pets Impacted by Hurricanes Adopts Kitten, Finding ‘Love at 30,000 Feet’
On October 12th, a Southwest Airlines pilot fell in love with a little kitten named Avery while transporting him and 150 other shelter animals...
Good News in History, October 13
Happy 90th birthday to the incredible Nana Mouskouri. For those unfamiliar with this goddess of Euro songbirds, she released over 200 albums of songs...
One-Minute Phone Breaks Help Keep College Students More Focused in Classroom: Study
Researchers investigated whether letting students use their phones for very brief amounts of time can enhance classroom performance—and it seems to have worked.
Their long-term...
Battery Breakthrough Could Give Electric Cars ‘Big Range Boost’ and Create Longer-lasting Batteries
An international team of researchers believe electric cars could go farther on a single charge, and their batteries last longer, now that they've made...
Good News in History September 22
25 years ago today, The West Wing debuted on NBC. Created by political pop culture specialist Aaron Sorkin, it ran for 154 episodes across...
Good News in History, September 7
Happy 94th Birthday to Walter Sonny Rollins was born. Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians, Rollins' seven-decade career...
Good News in History, September 5
A quarter millennium ago, the First Continental Congress was organized in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, after the British Navy implemented a blockade of Boston Harbor...
Good News in History, August 29
On this day, 77 years ago, Dr. Bhimrao R. Ambedkar was appointed to chair the Indian constitutional drafting committee. This national hero is responsible...