This area of Southwestern Illinois has a long history for which its residents are very proud, with locals possessing a strong ...

Illinois legislators unveil $55.2 billion spending plan that cuts immigrant health care program The budget proposal, revealed a day before a key deadline to pass it, includes more than $1 billion ...

Illinois softball kicked off its eight-game slate of fall exhibitions last Friday against Lake Land College. Two days later, the Illini were back on the field for the Illini Fall Classic, where they ...

But Wagner said the Kaskaskia survey potentially offers to fill in important chapters in Illinois' early founding. "It's far easier for researchers to work French period sites on the east side of the ...

Mike Stephen learns about the fascinating history of Kaskaskia, IL, from Illinois Humanities’ Matt Meacham and then dives into the story of the 1980s-era metal band Witchslayer. To subscribe to the ...

Temperatures were in the 90s and the humidity was high, but hundreds of citizens came to Kaskaskia Island on Monday to celebrate freedom and enjoy the 52nd Annual Patriotic Ceremony. Two hours prior ...

The fort had once protected Kaskaskia, but in these early peaceful times of the Illinois Territory it no longer maintained a garrison.

Old Kaskaskia had been over yonder, the place of his desires, his love. The glamour and beauty and story were on the smothered valley, and for him they could never be anywhere else.

On Thursday, July 22, 1993, the levee at Kaskaskia Island gave way and flooded the Illinois village. Kaskaskia Island was one of the victims of the Great Flood of 1993.

Visitors from Illinois must cross the Mississippi River bridge at Chester, then drive about 15 miles around the perimeter of Kaskaskia Island before reaching the town.