Guy Fraker, a retired Bloomington attorney and Lincoln scholar, speaks at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum where he donated…
A group of archaeology and anthropology students have been conducting a dig at Fort Kaskaskia State Park on a recently-discovered buried Ameri…
Miller Park Zoo has filled Bloomington residents with surprise and joy over more than 100 years. Here's a look back:
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After a year off in 2020, Illinois historic preservationist has announced a list of the state’s most endangered historic places, structures an…
Here’s the scoop on 12 well-known people, items and ideas that got their start here in the Twin Cities.
In honor of Juneteenth, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will display its rare copy of the presidential proclamation issued…
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On June 6, 1944, the troops landed at Normandy, France. This event would come to be remembered as D-Day.
The first part of the video drone series "Uniquely Illinois" looks at Abraham Lincoln's relationship to the land and people of the state.
For a guy known for giving us Memorial Day, Gen. John A. Logan is not much remembered in these parts.
A look back at the iconic signs of the region.
A look back at archive photos of the State Farm Building in downtown Bloomington. Become a Pantagraph member today. Learn more at pantagraph.c…
After a year off in 2020, Illinois historic preservationists have announced their list of the state’s most endangered historic places, structu…
Fifty years after his death, the legacy of one of Bloomington's favorite sons, Adlai Stevenson II, lives on. Stevenson served one term as Illi…
The recommendation is the result of concerns about racial injustice and because of the connection between Stephen Douglas, for whom the buildi…
They're on five of our state university campuses: large, castle-like buildings. Why do they look like that? Why are there so many? Read on to …
A Ronald Reagan bobblehead and paper doll books of Ronald and Nancy Reagan are among items in the new museum display.
Here’s what people are uncovering in Moline Dispatch & Rock Island Argus newspaper archives. Search our historical issues for obituaries, …
It was billed in Quad-City newspapers as a great “Dual of Speed” at the Davenport Mile Track, now the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds: an epic …
Illinois City submariner: 'It makes me laugh that people have a hard time staying inside'
