Thompson was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. There is no ...

Monroe Thompson, 40, from Mason City, was sentenced Feb. 7 in U.S. District Court in Sioux City to 262 months in prison after pleading guilty in August to conspiracy to ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo joined dozens of area school districts that decided to close Feb. 12 due to a snow storm that's ...

Illinois History Day (an affiliate of National History Day) is a project-based learning program for 6th-12th grade students.

Jurors found Madigan guilty of 10 counts against him and not guilty of seven others, including a charge of racketeering conspiracy. The jury reached no verdict on six other counts he faced.

A cinematic fixture in Decatur is shutting the doors. The Avon Theater, which first opened in 1916, played host to Vaudeville ...

Less than a month after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in a year, craft retailer JOANN is preparing to close hundreds of stores. In a recent court filing, JOANN listed ...

A proposed state bill could make Freeburg High School change its controversial mascot, the "Midgets," a term many people with ...

Norman Hapgood, son of Alton's Hapgood Plow Factory founder, featured Lincoln's rare portrait and autobiography in his 1899 ...

How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and ...

Frank McWorter was known for his mining skills and eventually earned enough money to buy himself and his wife out of slavery.