The Pontiac Public Library is hosting the month-long exhibition with special events scheduled for Feb. 11 and 22.

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For February, also known as Black History Month, we visited the Belpre Historical Society to see the Underground Railroad Exhibit.

These are photos taken by John Badman that have appeared on the pages of The Telegraph or online this week.

From her signature game day style to her A-list cheering section, see the best photos of Swift supporting Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs at Sunday's big game Alexandra Schonfeld is a ...

Midway Village Museum is unveiling its exhibit featuring the history of Rockford’s Camp Grant — once one of the largest ...

And it was so, so terrifying. Everett Collection Historical / Alamy Stock Photo 2.The two people depicted in Grant Wood's "American Gothic" actually exist. This is what they looked like: And ...

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CARMI, Il. (WEVV) — Multiple streets are closed in Carmi, Illinois following a fatal train versus pedestrian accident Monday morning. Carmi Police Department reports that the railroad crossing at ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...