The Kingfisher’s new costume was revealed Thursday, one month after students voted in favor of a referendum to adopt an ...

The University has not had an official mascot since the removal of Chief Illiniwek in 2007. A recent movement championing the adoption of the belted kingfisher as a mascot is gaining momentum. In ...

This last Thursday an event was held at Siebel Center for Design in which the new suit for unofficial University of Illinois ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — There’s a mascot movement catching flight at the University of Illinois. A group of students are ruffling feathers and hoping to bring about change in the new year.

With the bracket being revealed, March Madness is officially HERE. And we know the next few days until the first round of the ...

FREEBURG, Ill. – A long-standing mascot tradition in Freeburg, Illinois, could soon come to an end, as a new bill in the Illinois General Assembly would ban school mascots that reference ...

(The Center Square) – An Illinois legislator from Rockford has filed legislation that would force a Metro East high school to change the nickname it has used for the past 90 years. State Rep.