Blue Island

A co-conspirator, Jordan McPhearson of Blue Island, Illinois, was sentenced last year to 42 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

Often described as a blue island in a vast red state, Missoula sent the first openly transgender legislator in state history to the state capital.

Salt Lake City has long been more liberal and religiously diverse than the rest of Utah, a blue island in a sea of red.

Lynne Ingersoll and her cat, Jesse, spent a quiet Thanksgiving Day together in her small bungalow in Blue Island, Ill.

Lynne Ingersoll of Blue Island, Ill., became “kinless” three years ago after her sister died.