Two regions — Peoria and the Quad Cities — could be the largest downstate communities to benefit from the bill. It allows the ...

News from around the Southland includes items from Crestwood, Robbins, Stagg High School, Tinley Park, Palos Heights, Homewood and more.

While many enslaved people tried to escape when what's formally known as "chattel slavery" was legal in the United States, ...

Across Illinois, once-bustling river ports and mining towns now sit silent, their fading buildings quietly preserving the stories of a forgotten past.

Hayner Library talk decodes messages in Underground Railroad spirituals ...

The downtown square, anchored by the impressive Bureau County Courthouse, serves as the beating heart of a community where people still make eye contact and say hello to strangers – a social currency ...

The Bureau County Fair stands as one of Illinois’ oldest continuous county fairs, delivering that quintessential Midwestern experience complete with livestock competitions, blue ribbon pies, and ...

A Glendale resident believes the village played a more prominent role in the Underground Railroad than is currently known. Bill Parrish, author and president of the Eckstein Cultural Arts Center in ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany received $30,000 in funding on Monday to support its Museum Studies program. The program is designed to encourage high ...

Ohioans and residents of the Mahoning Valley can take great pride in their state’s history as a vital component of the Underground Railroad and its role in the larger and successful anti-slavery ...

On Sept. 28, two sites in Cabell County, West Virginia, recently added to the National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, will celebrate the dedication of their markers as ...