Trail head at Illinois Dept. of Transportation (2300 Dirksen Pkwy ... This 9-hole course overlooks the Sangamon River Valley. Besides a round of great golf, enjoy live entertainment at the clubhouse ...

Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic ...

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – More than 175 years after their ...

Illinois State Police on March 24 arrested ... that Davis died from multiple blunt force injuries in the crash, said Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon. Tom Ackerman covers breaking news and ...

The skeletal remains found in a car pulled from the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois this week was confirmed Thursday to be those of Karen Schepers — who was last seen nearly 42 years ago.

Elgin Police Department The car belonging to a woman who disappeared more than 40 years ago has been found in an Illinois river. Karen Schepers disappeared on April 16, 1983, at the age of 23 ...

ELGIN, Illinois -- Skeletal human remains have been ... as crews removed the 1980 canary yellow Toyota Celica from the Fox River on Tuesday just before 3 p.m. following hours of work.

Following the police finding Roberts with a headwound, which was around noon, a Springfield man died after jumping off the Peoria Road and Sherman Boulevard bridge and into the Sangamon River ...

A short time after officers responded to Roberts’ home, 61-year-old Christopher Roberts jumped off the Peoria Road/Sherman Boulevard bridge over the Sangamon River.

According to leaders at Rend Lake, the road will be closed to traffic from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 29, for the ...

A historic photo captures crowds and steamboats at Alton Landing during the 1903 Mississippi River flood, with railroads ...