Sam Cox walked into Karissa Prewitt's fourth-grade class at Peterson Elementary one morning with numerous historical articles from the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Cox, who has attended the ...

Memorial Day allowed for time and reflection on the ultimate sacrifice our military service members from all wars have given ...

For those interested in viticulture, Baxter’s Vineyards and Winery – Illinois’ oldest winery – offers tastings of locally produced wines. Their specialty fruit wines, particularly those made from ...

Cairo, Illinois is a near-ghost town with a rich yet violent history, now struggling with a small population and limited resources.

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The Apollo was the first theater in Peoria designed exclusively for showing movies. The venue's history includes a tragedy-born construction, live performing canaries, the screening of a birth ...

According to fourth-grade teacher Shane Browning, this is the first time the school has had a fourth-grade field day since Sterling High School’s current sophomores were in fourth grade.

The entire area sits among green hills that look nothing like the flat prairie most people picture when thinking of Illinois. History lovers will enjoy Galena’s past as a busy riverboat stop and ...

We’re all disappointed in the results of last night’s lottery drawing. The Charlotte Hornets landed the fourth overall pick, which in and of itself isn’t a terrible outcome, but the teams that landed ...

AN AWARDS CEREMONY AND RECEPTION TO HONOR THE CREATIVITY OF 100 SIOUX CITY FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS TAKES PLACE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE SIOUX CITY PUBLIC MUSEUM. THE RECEPTION WILL BE HELD FROM 1P ...

The executive order builds on Illinois’ history of disability rights advocacy. Last year, Pritzker signed the bipartisan Dignity in Pay Act, which eliminates subminimum wage and expands ...