The Underground Railroad passed through here ... Breakfast in Taylorville also makes a great home base to explore central Illinois and the impact of former resident Abraham Lincoln.

The Calumet River Underground Railroad Project was renamed the Midwest Underground Railroad Network and now has a ...

Next offering in Classic Film Series The 1984 film Sixteen Candles directed ... a black Canadian who worked on the Illinois Central Railroad where he helped smuggle escapees to freedom. Vallillo ...

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

Several counties in central Illinois are expected to see scattered thunderstorms Friday, some which could be severe, with damaging winds and large hail. The following counties are under a ...

Four people were killed Saturday morning when a small plane crashed in central Illinois after hitting a set of power lines. The crash occurred at around 10:15 a.m. local time on County Line Road ...

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 ...

In Champaign County, over 2,400 customers are without service, according to Ameren Illinois’ outage map. In Homer, Ameren is showing that over 700 are without power, in Sidney, around 1,200 are ...

The National Weather Service predicts a hard freeze throughout central Illinois on Monday night as temperatures drop into the 20s, with sprinkles of snow likely in Chicago. Here's the forecast for ...

The Coles County Sheriff’s Office reported Sunday morning that the Illinois State Police has confirmed that the passengers on the plane were from Menomonie, Wisconsin. Their names are still ...

To showcase these student filmmakers and the works they’ve created, the Illinois Student Film Festival will be held in the Knight Auditorium of Spurlock Museum on May 2. The festival, which takes ...