Pages of the Past Kate Benson says she doesn’t know why the original Springfield Library, opened in 1871, was eventually torn ...

As Tribune photo editor Marianne Mather looked through the Tribune’s photo archive she realized that much of the city’s history has been intertwined with the Walgreens chain.

Even though the Illinois no longer exists, a small fragment of it remains to remind us of what might have been.

Native Americans across Illinois were in Springfield Wednesday to celebrate recent laws and promote a new bill to ban stereotyped school mascots.

If you're looking for a way to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day this weekend in Springfield, there are plenty of places to do so!

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - "As a family, we would always cook dinner together and bake chocolate chip cookies. It felt like a ...

A Pekin woman who gained her freedom from indentured servitude with the help of Abraham Lincoln more than two decades before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation as president is the subject of a ...

The Starting Point Route 66 begins its legendary journey in the bustling city of Chicago, Illinois. Known as the "Windy City, ...

Check out the latest exhibits and events Central Illinois museums, galleries and historic sites have to offer.