A sixth grader from downstate Illinois has won a contest to design the new ties worn by Southwest Airlines pilots. Students at Maroa-Forsyth Middle School in Macon County participate in the ...

Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB. That would be (state) “Seal on a ...

This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office in March 2025 shows the third-place voted state flag design. (Illinois Secretary of State via AP) This image provided by the ...

Flags engender ... the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state's bald eagle-themed emblem. Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB. That would ...

Illinois Votes on a New State Flag Design — and Chooses the Current One SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or ...

This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State's Office in March 2025 shows the second-place voted state flag design. Credit: AP Last fall, residents were invited to submit their vision ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA / WGN) — The results are in for the contest to redesign the Illinois state flag, but these tallies aren’t the final say. One design from Champaign received the second ...

Colleen Hayes, a graphic designer with Champaign-based Clanin Creative, is shown with its submission in the Illinois flag-design contest, which came in second. The current state flag of Illinois ...

Of the nearly 385,000 votes cast, more than 165,000 went to the current flag — receiving more votes than the next five top designs combined. Second place earned 32,898 votes, Illinois Secretary ...