Frank Lloyd Wright home in Rockford to get visitors’ center May 9, 2019 11:14 am|ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – There are plans to open a visitors’ center in Rockford for the Frank Lloyd…
Renovation to preserve courthouse once visited by Lincoln January 2, 2019 12:20 pm|THEBES, Ill. (AP) – A historic southern Illinois courthouse once visited by Abraham Lincoln is getting an $83,000…
Groundbreaking for the Obama presidential delayed until 2019 July 30, 2018 1:52 pm|CHICAGO (AP) – Groundbreaking for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago will be delayed until next year because…
Bridge damaged shortly after getting historic designation June 28, 2018 12:16 pm|LONG GROVE, Ill. (AP) – A one-lane bridge in a Chicago suburb that dates back to the early…
Vacant Chicago hospital to get $1 billion face lift June 13, 2018 11:31 am|CHICAGO (AP) – Officials have begun to act on a $1 billion plan to redevelop an old Chicago…
Proposal to build Obama center goes to Chicago City Council May 24, 2018 12:25 pm|CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago City Council is expected to sign off on construction of the Obama Presidential…
Proposal to build Obama center goes to Chicago City Council May 23, 2018 11:41 am|CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago City Council is expected to sign off on construction of the Obama Presidential…
Central Congregational Church makes list of most endangered historic places April 26, 2018 5:10 pm|A local church has been added to Landmarks Illinois’ list of the Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois…
25 sites in Illinois added to historic places register January 31, 2018 1:04 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A retirement home, a park, several schools, a theater and the site where a…
Federal reviews of Obama Center to start this week November 28, 2017 12:46 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — Further studies of the park that’s the future home of the Obama Presidential Center are…
Public helping to ay to refurbish Marion cemetery chapel August 28, 2017 12:52 pm|MARION, Ill. (AP) — The southern Illinois city of Marion is renovating a historic 99-year-old chapel in a cemetery…
History group in Aurora offers July 4th tours of 1857 home July 3, 2017 12:46 pm|AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The Aurora Historical Society is offering tours of an 1857 home and other free festivities…
Towering Collinsville ketchup bottle gets new owner November 21, 2015 2:26 pm|COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A towering ketchup bottle and familiar southwestern Illinois roadside symbol has a new owner.
Historic Designation Sought For Murphysboro Courthouse April 1, 2015 2:34 pm|MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) — Continued repairs to an aging southern Illinois courthouse have some elected leaders hoping for…