Built in 1880 by a congregation comprised of formerly enslaved people and their descendants, the church is an enduring, ...

1949: One-time Chicago Cub Eddie Waitkus, by then with the Philadelphia Phillies, became the inspiration for “The Natural” when he was shot in the Edgewater Beach Hotel by Ruth Ann Steinhagen, a ...

From the first factory in East Peoria to today, Caterpillar boasts a long history in the Peoria area and beyond.

As climate change and development exacerbate the Mississippi River’s environmental problems, many communities will have to ...

After becoming the DuPage County recorder of deeds in early December, Liz Chaplin was going through her office in Wheaton when she found a large manila envelope on a stack of plastic containers. That ...