The job of a poet laureate is to engage Illinoisans in poetry, with each poet laureate given a small stipend to enact that ...

Jackson will be interviewed by Ross Stanton Jordan, curator of the ALPLM’s “Freedom in Form” exhibition. At 2 p.m. the same ...

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

State gasoline taxes currently fund about half of Illinois' road and bridge projects. According to a study by the Illinois ...

Blood Drive: 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Jacksonville Memorial Hospital, 1600 W. Walnut St. | To donate, contact ImpactLife Springfield at 800-747-5401 or visit bloodcenter.org and use code 60058 to locate the ...

In other Senior Center News, with uncertainty about possible federal budget cuts to Social Security and Medicaid, staff at ...

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

The Springfield Choral Society will hold a two-day musical festival on March 21-22 called “Songs for the Unsung.” Director of ...

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 ...

As state lawmakers work in the Capitol this spring, buildings and bridges at the historic Lincoln's New Salem site continue to fall apart.

Critics are warning that without swift intervention, "we risk losing these historical assets" at Lincoln's New Salem site.