Forgotten Civil War Memorial found in Alton apartment building ...

Alfred and Robert Taylor were brothers campaigning to be Tennessee's governor in 1886. Their race was civil and a hopeful model for modern candidates.

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

When County, Illinois, was established formally by law in 1831, the United States was developing a spirit of vigorous expansion. It was the era of the “Common Man,” the time of Jacksonian Democracy.

Momentum has been building in Illinois to research the state’s extensive Underground Railroad sites and decide how to ...

In 2011, when then-Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law ending the death penalty in Illinois, the future pope thanked him for the move. That recently uncovered news has "delighted" and "energized" Krisanne ...

Gov. JB Pritzker embarked on his third gubernatorial campaign Thursday, with the prospect of a presidential run looming in the background. “I ran for governor in 2018 to change our story. I ran ...

Trump's birthright citizenship order would boot Trump ally Abe Hamadeh from Congress. And Hamadeh is OK with that?

The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against the State of New York over a sanctuary law that dramatically restricts immigration ...

With Civil War history, ghostly streets, and a tumultuous past, this semi-abandoned riverside Illinois town makes for a surprising destination in the Midwest.

It's worth revering not just the document itself, but the men of consequence who made American independence a reality.

This column originally appeared in the June 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine.' By the mid-19th century, Centre County stood ...