Illinois State Historical Society is honoring the 206th anniversary of Illinois gaining statehood with its Statehood Day Commemoration on Dec. 3. The commemoration will take place at Inn at 835 in ...

It seems a decadeslong quest for recognition is at last making ground. “I know that a lot of the pushback was, ‘Well, there’s no reservation there in Illinois, there will never be any ...

One Illinois state park made the cut among the 50 best in the country, and two others were named to the top 10 hidden gems. Starved Rock State Park in Oglesby was named by HomeToGo as the seventh ...

One of Wheaton's very own, Glennette Tilley Turner, was recently recognized for her work as a historian by the Illinois State Historical Society with a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. Turner, 90 ...

MOUNT VERNON — The Jefferson County Historical Society will present ‘Illinois in the Inevitable: the Role of Illinois in the Civil War’ 2 p.m. Aug. 24 in the Schweinfurth Museum ...