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Peoria artist Peytin Fitzgerald's "Falling in Between" is on view at Joe McCauley Gallery at Heartland Community College. Fitzgerald is a printmaker and self-taught textile artist who learned how to sew as a grad student during COVID. The show explores what is passed down intentionally — and inevitably — through generations.

Former state representative and Secretary of State candidate Dan Brady says he's considering a run for Congress. He would run in the central and western Illinois district held by first-term Democrat Eric Sorensen.

The state of Illinois needs child welfare workers. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services looked to fill at least 50 child welfare and case investigator positions on Monday during an on-the-spot job fair in Bloomington.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias paid a visit to the McLean County Museum of History to see the impact of a nearly $100,000 state technology grant. The museum allocated the money toward digitizing its Pantagraph negatives collection—millions of images from 1930-2000, many of which were never printed.

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NPR Illinois and WGLT host the sixth Illinois Issues Forum on the state's financial health and the lasting impacts of the two-year-long state budget…

Members of the Canadian-based indie band The New Pornographers are touring in support of their 7th album “White Out Conditions.” About the new album’s…

Gone are the days of standing outside, in the rain, hoping a taxi will pass by. Ridesharing services allow anyone with a smart-phone to download an app…

Amtrak ridership in Illinois has risen in recent years; it's up almost 85 percent from 2006 through last year. That trend developed after the rail service…