Joseph F. Glidden is best known for revolutionizing barbed wire at his DeKalb homestead in 1873. Also recognized in this year ...

In this continuing series on the origins of Catholicism in the 50 states, we now turn our attention to the states of Ohio, ...

(WTVO) — As the United States marks its 250th birthday, Illinois stands as a microcosm of the nation’s growth, innovation, and complexity, a state whose contributions have helped shape the country ...

Many people shaped Edwardsville, Glen Carbon and the area into the communities they became. The people mentioned in this ...

The old Douglass School, targeted for demolition by city officials, figured in one of the uglier chapters of Alton history. The school was one of two built to segregate black and white students in ...

Hundreds of Illinois immigrants have filed wrongful detention lawsuits since the Trump Administration’s Operation Midway Blitz began in September. Many of them have U.S. citizen children and longtime ...

Visitors who don't have tickets to the museum exhibits can still find other things to do at the Obama Presidential Center.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT John Edward Robinson, dubbed the Internet's First Serial Killer, used online chatrooms to lure ...

The Town of Cicero in Chicago's western suburbs is taking a major step toward reducing flooding problems.

A special hazmat team from O'Hare Airport was brought in to assist in this emergency.

Quote of the day by Cicero: Empires rise and collapse. Leaders repeat old mistakes. Societies ignore lessons that history already tried to teach them centuries earlier. Long before modern politics, ...

Cicero, N.Y. - Voters will once again choose between Republican Mike Aregano and Democrat Rob Santucci in the November election for Cicero town supervisor. The difference is that Santucci will be ...