ST. LOUIS – Missouri and Illinois, the two states at the heart of the St. Louis region, have landed on a new list of the hardest-to-pronounce states in the United States, according to a new study.

Some words are just tricky to pronounce, and that holds true for certain state names - and city names, too. For some, Illinois isn't the easiest to say; it was ranked the fourth hardest state name to ...

CHICAGO – (KTVI/WGN) Illinois has landed on a new list of the hardest-to-pronounce states in the United States, according to a new study. Language learning platform Preply published a study earlier ...

Pronouncing Illinois place names can be a minefield for newcomers. There are Native American-based names that may be unfamiliar. And familiar-looking names may not be spoken as one would expect. Some ...

Using federal statistics, a pair of physician-led organizations on Monday will pronounce Illinois the 29th deadliest state for drivers between ages 16 and 20. In Illinois in 2005, 16.1 percent of ...