THANKS DALENCIA SUCH A FUN TIME OF YEAR. SO MANY COOL THINGS TO DO. OCTOBER. JUST DAYS AWAY, WE’RE OFFICIALLY IN SPOOKY SEASON AND NO ONE QUITE DOES IT. LIKE THE LOCAL LEGEND OF EDGAR ALLAN POE REALLY ...

The Old Farmer's Almanac has released its 2025-2026 U.S. winter weather forecast. Nationally, the winter is predicted to be slightly milder, though some areas will experience frigid temperatures. The ...

HAMPTON, Va. — Jazz musician, educator and broadcaster Jae Sinnett shares a look at the 2025 Phoebus Jazz Festival, a new cornerstone of the local arts scene bringing two nights of world-class Jazz ...

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Fall has just begun, but winter is coming to Nationals Park. The stadium is transforming into Winter Wonderfest at Nationals Park from November 28 to December 24, a seasonal carnival bringing snow ...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar’s funeral service was held at Central Baptist Church on Sept. 20 after his casket lay in state at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. The two-term Republican governor, who ...

It's fall. But Christmas decorations and bags of rock salt popping up in stores serve as a reminder that winter isn't too far away. The winter solstice comes about three months after the autumnal ...

Calling his impact on the state of Illinois "incalculable," hundreds came to Springfield in Saturday to say their final farewells to former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar. The funeral service was held at ...

SPRINGFIELD — The late former Gov. Jim Edgar was memorialized Saturday as a man whose compassion, integrity, and honesty showed he put people above politics and led Illinois as a model of what ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Services honoring former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar unolded on Saturday morning in Springfield. Edgar, a two-term Republican who served as Illinois’ 38th governor from 1991 to 1999, ...

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar's funeral took place Saturday after he died following a battle with pancreatic caner. Edgar, who served two terms as Illinois’ governor in the 1990s, announced that he ...