The weekend brings the start of Stephenson County Restaurant Week, the Lincoln-Douglas Kiwanis 37th Annual Charity Dinner and ...

In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the somnolent downtown ... "The combination of shorthand, the telegraph and the railroad changed everything," says Allen C. Guelzo, author of Lincoln and ...

Tom Shepard said the Underground Railroad is ignored despite Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs identified as home to ...

Illinois has a deep connection to the Underground Railroad. That's why lawmakers are pushing an initiative to preserve sites ...

Jersey Mike’s has opened a new location in Freeport. The storefront, at 2705 IL Rt. 26, opened on Wednesday. The grand ...

JACKSONVILLE — A group of historians, academics and legislators spent the last year finding sites connected to the Underground Railroad in Illinois and focusing on telling the stories of those ...

Enjoying the view from the train is one of the perks of being car-free, and some parts of the ride are especially beautiful.

Baseball fans came out to Duane Banks Stadium to see the Iowa Hawkeyes take on the Western Illinois Leathernecks in Iowa City on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. The ideal weather conditions did not help Iowa ...