The Illinois Department of Transportation will be closing Harmon Highway and Illinois Route 116 just west of Peoria on Jan 2 ...

From documenting immigration enforcement, to covering the highs and lows of Chicago’s sports teams and photographing the lives of everyday residents, Chicago Tribune photographers and ...

The Cairo African American Heritage Trail and Oral History Project (CAAHT) will launch Friday, Dec. 5, allowing residents and guests to visit specific African American history sites in Cairo, Illinois ...

Something to be thankful for. An Illinois man who spent more than three decades behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit was finally exonerated this month just in time for Thanksgiving. In March 1992 ...

CAIRO, Ill. (KFVS) - As we march toward our country’s 250th birthday, we continue to explore Heartland history. Tonight, we delve into a love story of sorts. The Magnolia Manor in Cairo, Illinois is a ...

CAIRO — Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza and Sen. Dale Fowler returned to Cairo on Monday afternoon for the ninth year of Thanksgiving meal distributions, bringing 200 turkeys, canned goods and ...

Hannah Cairo is in the first year of her mathematics graduate program at the University of Maryland. Like her peers, she does research and is a TA on campus. But unlike most Ph.D. students, Cairo is ...

CAIRO, Ill. (WSIL) -- Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 special agents began a death investigation in Cairo. Authorities were called to a home in the 2000 block of Elm ...

NOTE: This article was updated with more information. SAYREVILLE – Not much frazzles the Old Bridge football team. The veteran-led Knights have been in so many big, back-and-forth games through the ...

The West Shore Historical Society on Tuesday marked the occasion of the lifting of the Sheepford Road Bridge from its abutments where it spans the Yellow Breeches Creek. Kinsley Construction used a ...

Illinois is famous for Chicago’s skyline and Abraham Lincoln’s legacy, but hidden across the Prairie State are dozens of abandoned towns frozen in time. These forgotten communities once buzzed with ...

As one era ends, another one will begin in Corpus Christi as the historic Harbor Bridge removal is finalized. The demolition of the old bridge comes after the Texas Department of Transportation built ...