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Fall Guide
1 year ago
Walk into history Oct. 5

An influential Lutheran pastor is one of seven Oak Ridge Cemetery denizens featured in annual cemetery walk.

This early photograph now digitized by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum depicts John Wilkes Booth and the devil.
History
1 year ago
Assassin, devil together in latest ALPLM upload

19th Century social media is part of “Picturing Lincoln.”

Springfield Lucky Horseshoes players warm up in the outfield on a hot day.
History
1 year ago
The old ballpark comes full circle

“Reservoir Park” was built in 1925 by a community group starved for baseball.

The round-leaved sundew plant in Illinois is listed as "threatened."
Agriculture
1 year ago
Research: IL has more than 300 “threatened, endangered” plant species

Environment stands to miss out on nutrient cycling, pollination.

A band plays during Veterans Day Sunday at the Illinois State Fair.
Agriculture
1 year ago
Veterans honored at Illinois State Fair

Various ways veterans are being told “thank you” — not just as the Illinois State Fair.

The contents of a time capsule discovered at Taylorville Memorial Hospital.
History
1 year ago
Taylorville Memorial Hospital cracks open time capsule for public viewing

The time capsule contains a history of the TMH’s precursor, St. Vincent Hospital, including photographs of the facility in 1940 and 1953.

Illinois State Museum
Education
1 year ago
Illinois State Museum hosting children’s ‘Mini Explorer’s Club’ through Aug. 26

The Mini Explorer’s Club aims to creatively introduce all the wonders of Illinois to our youngest citizens

Route 66 sign
History
1 year ago
Lincoln signs deal for Route 66 Museum location

The museum will be housed in a building once home to a Heartland Bank branch

Local
1 year ago
Legendary artist and Route 66 icon’s work on display downtown

Bob was part of the legendary Waldmire family of Cozy Dog fame.

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