On May 9, 1861, hundreds of eager Civil War recruits streamed into Dixon for training as they formed the 13th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry. Their initial training grounds were at Camp Dement, which was located on the east side of Oakwood Cemetery.  

Whether it’s a country-and-western band with its own Nashville sound or an out-a-site party band playing the grittiest, grooviest garage rock hits, there is something for every musical taste.

Year over year it becomes clearer that those who thrive in the classroom do so because of passion.

The Genoa Days King & Queen Scholarship Competition takes during the first night of Genoa Days at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, writes Krissy Johnson of the Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce.

Would you want to know if you could that you are going to develop Alzheimer's disease? That's a question that the Alzheimer's Association asked for a report that accompanies its annual Facts and Figures report.

Justice DeArmond: 'The FOID Act presumes no one has the right to keep and bear arms, unless and until the right holder proves otherwise. This is the definition of unconstitutional.'

Moore writes about how the lifetime efforts of a teacher didn't go unnoticed.

It’s hard to believe that Sunday will be the seventh Mother’s Day since my mom moved back in with my dad in heaven.

For such a prominent politician, former Gov. George Ryan’s personal biography is clearly of another time.