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

We were like: ‘We got to fix this problem.’” Wilken-Hulsey noticed the naturally orange and blue belted kingfisher resides in Illinois. Then, she created designs for a new mascot, which went viral on ...

Illinois had a mascot for over 80 years, Chief Illiniwek, before disbanding the practice and “retiring” its mascot in 2007.

(WCIA) — There’s a mascot movement catching flight at the University of Illinois. A group of students ... “The female Belted Kingfisher, as we like to say, is naturally true to the orange ...

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

A billed passed in the Illinois House of Representatives banning ... There is also an exception for any school whose mascot has a direct tie with a federally recognized tribe and the school ...

The Illinois House has passed a bill that would ban public schools from using mascots that discriminate against people with disabilities, including one high school's mascot that is considered a slur ...

Every time a Freeburg sports team travels, its mascot’s name is displayed in the schools across Illinois.” Rep. Kevin Schmidt, R-Millstadt, represents Freeburg and argued against the bill ...

“Words matter, and a derogatory mascot in Illinois or in other states affect me, who lives on the other side of Illinois, and they affect people with dwarfism, their families and their ...

Illinois K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that reference Native American names and imagery.