A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939” at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago showcases a first-of-its-kind art survey of same-sex ...

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Small and stocky birds perch, hunched over, on the treetops and branches of Lake Okeechobee on the edge of Florida’s swampy ...

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

Elgin History Museum will hold a summer picnic fundraiser at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 29, at the John Duerr Forest Preserve, ...

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