SPRINGFIELD -- A small Central Illinois school district has agreed to phase out its cardinal symbol after Illinois State University complained the bird might be infringing on the institution's ...

Ten of the current Illinois state symbols gained the designation in the past decade. The most recent designations are dolostone as the state rock and the eastern milksnake as the state snake.

The Illinois State football program will face a Football Bowl Subdivision program in each of the next six seasons — including five from the Power Four conferences, three of which are in the Big Ten.

SPRINGFIELD - A small Central Illinois school district has agreed to phase out its cardinal symbol after Illinois State University complained the bird might be infringing on the institution's ...