Indentured servitude, the equivalency of slavery, was allowed in Illinois. Legins-Costley lived for many years in Pekin, where she is commemorated with a downtown memorial. A Pekin woman who ...

The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case of Nance Legins-Costley, who was freed from indentured servitude by an ...

He also plans to support local non-profit organizations like the United Way of Pekin and help repair downtown buildings ... to background checks and obtain Illinois Responsible Vendor Training ...

Hendricks, who teaches government at Olympia High School, west of Bloomington-Normal, believes there’s been a lack of ...

While tornadoes can occur in Indiana at any time, most of the worst storms in the state's history struck in early spring.

BLOOMINGTON — Affordable housing, good infrastructure, public safety and other quality-of-life issues are as important to Illinois Wesleyan ... include revitalizing downtown Bloomington through ...

PEKIN Ill. (WMBD) — On Monday, Pekin City Council heard a proposal for a new cannabis dispensary, which would go downtown in a historic 115-year-old building on Court Street. 359 Court St. was ...

It was a highly destructive, long-track tornado that impacted parts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana ... The tornado tracked just four miles south of downtown Indianapolis and Gainbridge Fieldhouse ...