In “The Heartland,” historian Walter Havighurst focuses on the early settlement of the “Grand Prairie.” He says that once ...

Kelly McKinley and Lucas Bell at their new shop in Fisher. Kelly ...

A Sangamon County judge has decided in a controversial case that it’s better to be safe than sorry. There are far more frivolous motions seeking changes of venue in criminal cases than there are ones ...

More than 20 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, the city’s acting mayor said. Two ballistic missiles struck the heart of ...

Several Southeast Asian countries are kicking off their annual water festival holiday, an occasion for merrymaking during what is usually the hottest time of the year. Millions in Thailand, Laos, ...

Israel has struck a hospital in northern Gaza, forcing patients to evacuate as attacks intensified. Sunday's pre-dawn strike hit Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, after Israel issued an evacuation ...

Illinois women's basketball recruit Aaliyah Guyton poses for a photo during her visit to the Illini campus. CHAMPAIGN ...

This being National Library Week, we convened a supersized panel of local librarians and asked: What’s the one book that made ...

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