The Pontiac Public Library is hosting the month-long exhibition with special events scheduled for Feb. 11 and 22.

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

Former Decatur mayor and Illinois AFL-CIO president Michael Carrigan is set for another five-year term on the Illinois ...

Minnesota gave up a season high 95 points to Illinois losing at home 95 to 74. At one point Illinois made 13 of 15 second half shots and almost everything was in an isolation situation. Minnesota ...

Call 1-877-8HOPE-NY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY). FanDuel Sportsbook launched its site in Illinois in August 2020. They have since reached partnership agreements with the Chicago Blackhawks and ...

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CARMI, Il. (WEVV) — Multiple streets are closed in Carmi, Illinois following a fatal train versus pedestrian accident Monday morning. Carmi Police Department reports that the railroad crossing at ...

While a storm system moving through the area this weekend will bring some freezing drizzle to the area on Saturday, the systems that follow will stand a better chance of bringing accumulating snow to ...

The Michigan Department of Transportation is meeting with consultants this week on future developments for Amtrak's routes in ...

Public schools in Illinois are administered and funded on all levels: local, state, and federal. Superintendent Mark Jontry, who oversees schools in McLean, Livingston, Logan, and DeWitt Counties ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...