A Combat Medic’s Tale” reflects Randy Ark’s experiences serving his country in his generation’s biggest challenge, the Vietnam War, which shaped him into the man he is today, and “The Autobiography of ...

Can I use my pastoral expense account to buy a gas mask?” It’s a question dozens of Chicago pastors asked our church boards this month. Few of us ...

Five weeks after Fort Sumter, the official starting point of the war, Ellsworth’s Fire Zouaves received the command to sail ...

What: "Considered 'Lincoln's hometown, Springfield holds many secrets about our sixteenth president - including stories of ...

The YMCA of the Iowa Mississippi Valley received donation of $1 million from the family of former executive director Tom Myers. According to a release from the YMCA, the donation will go directly to ...

Bloomington, Breese, Buffalo, Bunker Hill, Carlinville, Carlyle, Centralia, Charleston, Chatham, Clay City, Clinton, Cortland, Creve Coeur, Dawson, Decatur, Fairbury ...

State Sen. Seth Lewis, R-Bartlett, said new revenues and Regional Transit Authority transfers have pushed back the estimated $770-million fiscal cliff. Lewis said Pace would not implement a cliff ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Services honoring former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar unolded on Saturday morning in Springfield. Edgar, a two-term Republican who served as Illinois’ 38th governor from 1991 to 1999, ...

Living in historical times (derogatory) can be pretty exhausting. But then, every so often, you find a document from the past that reminds you that no matter how far back in time you travel, certain ...

This nearly forgotten World War II memorial in Springfield Township is now visible along North Bend Road in Finneytown. A forgotten memorial to World War II veterans in Springfield Township is finally ...