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The Project XV Museum will host its annual block party from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19.

EL PASO, Ill. (WMBD) — On April 4, 1870 David Strother became the first black man to vote in Illinois, casting his vote in El Paso. More than 150 years later on April 4, 2024 Project XV Museum is scheduled to open its doors in his honor. “We are sharing the message that democracy is […]

Olivia Savoie tells stories, but not just any story, the story of those who are getting older and want generations after them to know how life was and how they came to be.

Former Avantax Advisors Cite Service Decline, Mounting Fees, Shrinking Payouts Amid a proxy battle with an activist investor, advisors who recently left Avantax say service levels suffered and fees rose after parent company Blucora acquired and combined their broker/dealers. Last month, RIA and investor Ancora started a public proxy battle with executives of Blucora, the parent company of Avantax Wealth Management, the tax-centric broker/dealer created from the acquisitions of HD Vest a...

Tory Dahlhoff / WCBU In the basement of the Legacy Building in El Paso, Illinois is a small corner room with a wall of cinderblocks filling a doorway that once led to the street above. Around 125 years ago locals entered here for a shave and a chat with their barber, David Strother. Now just a dim light from a single bulb reveals the remaining frame and narrow countertop of Strother’s barber station, just enough to imagine how it once looked. When it comes to Central Illinois historical fi...

WCBUs On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Our top story is about how a Morton family is creating a new scholarship to help students with dyslexia achieve their goals in higher education.  Youll also hear how in 1870 in the small town of El Paso, IL, a barber and Civil War veteran named David Strother was the first Black man in the state, and one of the first in the country, to exercise his legal right to vote in an election. Just as importa...