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Illinois’ Underground Railroad: Stories of escaping enslavement
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months ago“By any means necessary” was no overstatement when it came to the life-or-death flight to freedom through Illinois’ Underground Railroad. John and Eliza Little walked hundreds of miles from ...
Dr. Maude A. Sanders was Peoria's first Black female physician
Gannett via AOL· 4 months agoIn 2018, a Peoria primary school was renamed in honor of Peoria's first Black female physician. It...
City to spend $113,426 to demolish two historic buildings in downtown Belleville
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe city of Belleville has demolished about 100 derelict homes and other buildings in the past 12...
Fentanyl killed former college pitcher. Now his brother is helping others get sober
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJames Hill stood before a crowd of roughly 200 people in downtown Leavenworth in September and...
Dave Clarke's Kewanee history from the Star Courier
Star-Courier via Yahoo News· 2 years ago15 years ago Friday, July 6, 2007 The Kewanee Hospital Auxiliary will hold a Garden Walk on Saturday, July 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. featuring the...
In memoriam: Richard Barancik, artful architect and last of the ‘Monuments Men,’ is dead at 98
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThere is a handsome high-rise on Bellevue Place in the Gold Coast that features a lobby with a...
Together in life and death, Evansville couple get a fairytale ending to 70-plus-year story
The Courier & Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEVANSVILLE — Emma East passed gently to the other side, her husband Bob holding her hand and...
A Belleville duplex is deteriorating. HUD and a squatter are calling the shots.
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 months ago“There are a lot of professional squatters out there. They just move from place to place to place...
Shopper Blog: Dr. Milton Russell remembered for environmental legacy
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBEARDEN Dr. Milton Russell remembered for environmental legacy John Shearer, Shopper News As an...
Doyel: Everyone wins this annual Special Olympics basketball game in Danville
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDANVILLE, Ind. – Last I saw of Eric Spurling, he was walking slowly off the court at Danville High,...