You know that feeling when you realize you’ve been ignoring something wonderful that’s been right under your nose the whole time? That’s exactly what’s happening with Decatur, Illinois, a city that ...

Glenview Public Library opens play space to help kids learn, thanks to $200,000 in fundraising from library foundation.

Nearly 400 participants braved the cold for Decatur's 25th Polar Plunge Saturday. Participants took a dip in Lake Decatur ...

The Richland Community College Foundation has been going door to door in local Decatur schools dropping off free copies of ...

The Foundation for Geneva Public Library once again is staging its 17th annual Basket Raffle, a tradition that supports youth programs and collection development at the 244 Main ...

The public libraries located on the Union Pacific West line have collaborated to produce a series of ads on Metra train cars ...

Illinois state Sen. Karina Villa is in a four-person race to replace longtime Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, who decided last year not to run for another term.

Springfield Area Arts Council organizes the Poetry Out Loud Contest annually. Mark Turcotte, the Illinois Poet Laureate, visits to share how poetry is thriving because it's more than dead poets.

The family of Debra K. Farmer, a longtime volunteer with the LaVerna Evans PTO, has donated to the LaVerna Evans Elementary School library ...

Wood River Public Library hosts free Toddler Tales ...

Decatur, is hosting another mobile DMV event with the Secretary of State's office from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday at Heyworth Public Library.

The family of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is honoring him with a private memorial at Rainbow PUSH headquarters in Chicago.