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Brian Su has been a part of downtown Springfield since 1993. But he knows time is ticking on all of Springfield's downtown ...
That’s when Cooper began his railroad career in earnest. He had previously served as a laborer with the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (C&EI) during his time at General Motors.
Louis Vuitton wants to reproduce an early 1900s design as a kind of display element for two one-of-a-kind pocket watches.
Where the 2025 Illinois Fighting Illini football team is picked to finish in the Big 10 by the USA TODAY Sports Network media.
A tornado watch was issued for St. Louis area and Central Illinois for storms on Wednesday, June 18.
A tornado watch has been issued for portions of southern Illinois and southeast Missouri on Wednesday until 4 p.m.
After nearly 165 years, a solid gold pocket watch has been returned to the family of one of the steamer’s victims—a man famous for his own reasons.
After 165 years, journalist Herbert Ingram's pocket watch, lost in the Lady Elgin sinking on Lake Michigan, has returned to his hometown of Boston, England.
Al Capone's Patek Philippe pocket watch from circa 1919 is headed to auction via Sotheby's Important Watches Auction on June 10.
A tornado watch is in effect for much of central Illinois, with some counties under a tornado warning. A tornado warning was issued for Sangamon and Menard counties.