Located just 50 minutes from Bloomington, the Monticello Railway Museum is home to over 100 pieces of railroad equipment including several restored trains and cars that operated in Illinois.
Union members march to honor the past and seize the future.
Mount Zion administration demolished the old Mount Zion water tower on Tuesday.
The Moweaqua road leading up to a monument, honoring the 54 men who died in the disaster 90 years ago, was dedicated on Sunday, with the name Coal Miner’s Way.
The Macon County History Museum will host a program on two Central Illinois topics at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. The event is free and will last about an hour.
Moweaqua will host a dedication of “Coal Miners Way” July 24 on the corner of South Main and West Cherry streets.
Turn the clock back to when coal mining was at its peak in Southern Illinois and revisit what life was like then.
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from Mount Zion and Decatur will hold a flag retirement ceremony for worn out flags on Flag Day, Tuesday, June 14.
Take a page-by-page look at the goings-on of this week's 1972 Journal in this week's windswept edition of Clint Walker's THROWBACK MACHINE!
"This is a day for history. Generations unborn will read of it as we have read of the Spanish Armada, of Yorktown, of Waterloo."
Retelling the stories of aviation pioneers, barnstormers, test pilots, military airmen and NASA scientists and their connections to DeWitt County, “Prairie Flyers: A Century of Aviation in DeWitt County” brings an upscale gallery to the small Clinton museum. It runs through July 3.
“Our sole purpose is to provide the final rites for fallen veterans,” said Commander Charles Loury, who has been with the Honor Guard since 2007.
The Lincoln Theater will have an open house followed by a Business After Hours event beginning 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 18.
History of the Heartland will celebrate Historic Preservation Week through May 21.
An 1856 speech by Abraham Lincoln that impacted the creation of the Republican Party will be the topic Wednesday of an online program sponsored jointly by Looking for Lincoln and the McLean County Museum of History.
Antique tractors and farm tools were on display during the Farming in the '50s event in Argenta on Saturday.
Men scratched notes to their families. "Dear wife, Goodbye. Forgive me. Take care of all the children." Another wrote, "Tell dad to quit the mine and take care of mom."
More than 300 participants took part and enjoyed sunshine and blue skies.
Stories of Abraham Lincoln from children who came into contact with the president topic of presentation.
From plowing farm fields to crewing B-17 Flying Fortresses, remarkable careers in aviation have gone airborne in DeWitt County. Their stories are being preserved in a new aviation exhibit at the C.H. Moore Homestead DeWitt County Museum.
Do you remember these former structures that once stood in Decatur?
Here's a look at noteworthy people who have lived in the Decatur area.
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From plowing farm fields to crewing B-17 Flying Fortresses, remarkable careers in aviation have gone airborne in DeWitt County. Their stories are being preserved in a new aviation exhibit at the C.H. Moore Homestead DeWitt County Museum.
Laura Dean lived there for a year and developed a deep affection for the land and its people. Liana Creamer of Decatur, was born in Ukraine, and has family still there.
Interstate 72 was proposed in the late 1960s for Central Illinois and was built in segments throughout the 1970s. Today, I-72 stretches 177 miles across Illinois from Hannibal to Champaign, carrying traffic past Decatur's north side.
We look at 18 presidents who have visited the Twin Cities and surrounding areas.
In video from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, President Ronald Reagan's visit on Aug. 20, 1984, is shown. Reagan visited Archer Daniels Midland and Millikin University.
A look at visits from U.S. presidents in the Decatur region.
We're taking a look back at Decatur and Macon County during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.