The Salt River, full of fish, flows northeast across the northern part of Geneva Township making this area fertile and attractive to settlers as well as those who come for recreation and sporting, ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

Jenn VanBibber is curator of objects and textiles for the Historical Museum based in Edwardsville IL and is helping with a ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five Illinois voters have filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map drawn in 2021 SPRINGFIELD, Ill.

DeNuccis Italian, located at 1850 2nd St Ste 110 in Highland Park, is experiencing just that after the restaurant had a pipe burst overnight Wednesday. Video captured from the scene shows the ...

When you factor in that HUD funding and that the state of Illinois funding, we have over $3 million gap in what’s necessary to create additional permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing,” he ...

was crowned the 67th Miss Illinois County Fair Queen. Event organizers say Fulcher represented Henry County at the 114th Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs Convention on Sunday.

SPRINGFIELD — Amid multiple recent challenges to state gun control laws, the Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments last week concerning the constitutionality of concealed carry licenses and open ...

MARSHALL COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) — A 14-year-old girl died after a crash in Marshall County on Friday. Kayleigh Dalrymple,14, of Chillicothe, was killed after a Jeep she was traveling in lost ...

Iroquois County is on the Indiana border, while the other six counties are near Missouri. Then, after further research, Huston said he learned that nearly three dozen Illinois counties have voted ...

In the November election, a total of seven counties in Illinois faced a ballot question on exploring the idea of secession, and all seven voted in favor of the proposal, according to county clerks ...

ILLINOIS – The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow. Those for separating point to things like high taxes and a ...