Fever River News Today

The Hazel Green Opera House is where people and puppets come together for fun.

Cpl. Silas Sappington fought in the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, an all-Black Civil War regiment. Now his grave marker in Springfield is being restored.

Study to result in recommendation to Congress

The Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Alliance announced today the results of its annual statewide wine competition. The competition has been held annually for decades.

At the stroke of midnight on May 31, 1832, the rush for land in the Wisconsin (Iowa) terrority began. Many of the would-be settlers had to find ingenious ways of

A Tale of Two Galenas

The aftermath of the 1908 Race Riot in Springfield gave rise to the formation of the NAACP. Dr. Wesley Robinson-McNeese recalled a scene where he was swimming with some Air Force buddies in the waters off Biloxi Beach in Mississippi in the late 1960s. A stranger pulled up in a pickup truck and, producing a shotgun and hurling epithets, promised that he was going to "blow away" McNeese, who is Black, if he didnt get out of the water. "My friends said, Wes, you’re a soldier, you don’t have to...

Its a seasonal tourist town. so during the summer and fall, we do very, very well. during the winter it gets very slow and spring kind of all dind depe depends on whether its raining or not. >> deb malone, fever river outfitters. we get more responsibspontaneit did in the past. >> david lewis, great american popcorn company. fourth evolution of my business. youre always trying to maneuver yourself into what you perceive to be and most often is a better traffic and better footprint for whatever b...