Though Joens explored many professions over the course of his career, his love for Illinois history has been at the heart of ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...

Dave Joens has led the Illinois State Archives, the government agency tasked with preserving official government documents ...

An Underground Railroad exhibit curated by the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area is hitting the road and will be making ...

Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month –- a ...

Basi Affia can take you to another world, a universe set 300 years in the future, where Earth is known as Alkebulan, the Kupaa Initiative is expanding humanity and Astral Knights battle a villain in ...

And all of the main characters are Black. Affia created Universe 528, his world of sci-fi graphic novels and web-based motion comics, through his company, Sensi’il Studios, which he calls Iowa ...

USC added to a slew of staff changes by hiring away Wisconsin GM Max Stienecker, who worked for years with Bowden in building ...

As far as hotel options go, Lincoln Park doesn't have a lot of variety ... Village because of its proximity to the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, Little Italy is the place to go ...

The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County is sponsoring several programs to celebrate February as Black History Month, including two lectures about civil rights advocates, an informal ...

The fourth-generation owner of a small newspaper in Iowa worked through tough times by thinking of the autoworkers who built ...

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