We hear a lot about so-called "fake news" these days. We don't hear much about "fake history." That's probably because history is harder to fake. It's more robust than the news. The passage of time ...

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DECATUR — After what has for some seemed an eternity, settlement checks from the class action lawsuit against Illinois Central Railroad are finally making it to their destinations.

It was luck, really, that brought the Illinois Central Railroad to Rantoul. Plans called for a Chicago branch of the railroad to stretch for about 270 miles from Chicago to Centralia. Champaign County ...

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