Editor’s note: This article is a compilation of multiple stories written by former (Springfield) State Journal-Register reporter Pete Sherman for the special section “Outrage: The events and aftermath of the […]

By Steve Tarter Of the Journal Star of Peoria FDR used the radio, JFK scored on TV and Donald Trump espouses on Twitter. But the first president to make effective […]

  Illinois Bicentennial Officials and Commissioners announced on Aug. 2 the preliminary details of Illinois’ 200th birthday celebration to be held at the United Center on Dec. 3, 2018. The event […]

By David Porter Of the Arcola Record-Herald and the Tuscola Review At the end of 2016-17 school year, there were only four schools in Illinois that had won more than […]

By Mike Koziatek Of the Belleville News-Democrat A gaggle of rambunctious fifth-graders scrambled to the top of the 100-foot-high Monks Mound to get a great view of the Gateway Arch […]

By Roger Ruthhart The Quad-Cities region has provided a footnote to history for virtually every war fought on American soil, including the Battle of Campbell’s Island – the western-most battle […]

Illinois Humanities welcomes all-ages to participate in a re-enactment of a Lincoln Wide Awake Parade at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Lincoln Home (413 S. Eightth St., Springfield) as part of […]

By Lenore Sobota Of the Pantagraph Illinois may be known as the Land of Lincoln, but it’s another president with Illinois roots who offers lessons to which people today can […]

By The State Journal-Register staff Perhaps it is the yearning for yesteryear that endears so many to Route 66. Who wouldn’t want to jump into a classic car and explore […]

By Doug Finke of the State Journal Register Hayden Schumer had a lot of history and symbolism to cram onto a commemorative coin for the state’s bicentennial celebration. But Schumer, a […]