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The City of Grafton ADA-compliant crosswalk at the Mulberry Street / Route 100 intersection has been nearly complete for a month, but the city engineer says a subcontractor is the ...
Ihe Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Office of Tourism is gearing up to help summer travelers hit the road.
The names of Grafton-Park River hockey stars of decades ago flow effortlessly from the mouths of the town's current hockey leaders. Campbell. Kalbrener. Brodeur. Demers. Miller. Hills. Markusen.
The Madison County Historical Society will host Parlor Music of the Civil War Era at the Main Street Community Center, 1003 N. Main St. in Edwardsville at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 13. Wild Columbine ...
Musician Bobby Rolens will perform at the Hawg Pitt BBQ at 821 W. Main St. in Grafton at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 11. Rolens is the lead singer of the band Baywolfe. Rolens has played the CMA Awards, ...
Despite heavy rain, Mississippi River levels are decreasing, while the Illinois River is rising near flood stages.
Illinois farms are finding a niche in offering stays for travelers who want to sleep in a grain bin, ride a combine, or ...
The federal government is pulling back $125 million in funding from the Illinois Department of Public Health and 97 local health departments for activities related to COVID-19 and other infectious ...
Manuel Martinez / WBEZ Share An Illinois mental health worker claimed she was an author who had made $115,000 selling books in 2020 before her side business cratered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new ranking has named the best places to live in Illinois and several Chicago suburbs, along with some city neighborhoods, made the cut. The list comes as part of the release of the Best Places ...
GRAFTON (WV News) — In celebration of the 60th anniversary of Head Start, Grafton Mayor Karen Willis visited Lucretia and Webster preschools on March 19 to read to local children and promote early ...
CHICAGO (WGN) — Illinois has become the first state in the nation to ensure that public schools, hospitals and other state-run institutions like prisons offer halal and kosher meals to those who ...