At the seminar, attendees will learn to dodge eight obstacles that can get in your way of researching. They will also present ...

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

Iroquois County’s vote was some 72%, and Calhoun County’s near 76%. Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston says the Illinois counties would be more than welcome to come on over. On Jan. 14 the ...

I awoke thinking I had just been listening to Elvis rockin’ and rollin’ at the Wick, Tuscola’s Saturday night teen dance in the ’60s, dueling with good bud Engo over ...

On a night when a legendary Illinois big man was honored for his contributions to the program and a current Illini big man was the driving force in a potentially season-shifting win, it wouldn't ...

Learn the basics you'll need to get started on your own research, from drawing up your family tree to exploring the archives. If you're tackling archives for the first time in a search for your ...

Ravinia, North America’s longest-running outdoor music festival, has announced a $75 million multi-year renovation of its 36-acre park and venues in Highland Park. The organization said beloved, ...

Open a portal to the past and you may discover ancestors that surprise you. Those same ancestors might stand agog watching a ...

A resident was transported to the hospital after a fire caused significant damage to a garage and damaged an adjacent residence near Grayslake Wednesday afternoon. The Grayslake Fire Protection ...

Illinois State Police arrested a Waukegan man in connection with a 2022 expressway shooting on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago. A second person has been charged in connection with the fatal ...

Illinois has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...