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

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

WICS News Channel 20 is one of five midwestern television stations that were sold by Sinclair Media Group this week. Here's what we know. Todd Parkin, principal owner of limited liability company ...

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.

This Women’s History Month, a local historical site is partnering with a program helping women get back on their feet.

SPRINGFIELD - On March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history tore through southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, ...

Though he can't see why anyone in Indiana would want to be part of Illinois' high property taxes, crushing pension debt and limited school choice options. In Springfield, Illinois state Rep.

Members of the Indiana House of Representatives have proposed a bill to establish the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment ...

Missouri State basketball will play in its final Arch Madness this week. Here are the five most gut-wrenching games the Bears ...

Democrats filled Republican town halls during the congressional break to protest President Donald Trump’s power grab in ...