Gerald Mcworter News Today

QUINCY — The history of two area communities will come together in a Saturday night program building bridges to the past and a gateway to the future.

Among the Illini sharing stories about their favorite professors and places: the new president at Tufts University, a Pulitzer Prize winner, Terrence Shannon Jr.s lead attorney and two Champaign Central

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — A first-time conference hopes to broaden the story of New Philadelphia and build new connections along a corridor stretching from Springfield to Hannibal, Mo.

CHICAGO — There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, 557 E. 134th Place, as part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. Chicago’s Finest Marina exists in the back, the sole Black-owned marina in the city. Ronald Gaines ...

CHICAGO — There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, 557 E. 134th Place, as part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. Chicago’s Finest Marina exists in the back, the sole Black-owned marina in the city. Ronald Gaines ...

There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, 557 E. 134th Place, as part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. Chicago’s Finest Marina exists in the back, the sole Black-owned marina in the city. Ronald Gaines Sr. bought ...

There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, 557 E. 134th Place, as part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. Chicago’s Finest Marina exists in the back, the sole Black-owned marina in the city. Ronald Gaines Sr. bought ...

BARRY, Ill. — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin believes one of the nation’s newest national parks plays a key role in telling the country’s history — all of its history.

A look at events taking place in Jacksonville, Illinois, and surrounding counties

Sociology professor emeritus Abdul Alkalimat will talk about the proposed "West Central Illinois Freedom Corridor" as part of the Likes Lecture Series.