KASKASKIA — On Kaskaskia Island, water from the Mississippi River covers fields normally bursting with soybeans and corn.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Richard L. Boland Jr., 27, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, at Kaskaskia Island, Illinois. Family and friends may gather from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Home Cemetery ...

The town is a small part of the 14,000 acres of Illinois west of the river that locals call Kaskaskia Island. About 75 people live and farm the land there.

KASKASKIA, Ill. (AP) -- It seemed a little incongruous at first to see modern American women pretending to be French colonists joining an American Indian display of the Christian faith.

And meaningful to the Church of the Immaculate Conception as well. The Catholic church on Kaskaskia Island recently celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, for which the church is named.

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

Nora M. Flynn Nora M. Flynn peacefully passed away at home in Palm Springs California on October 15, 2014 at the age of 102. Nora was born on December 26, 1911 on Kaskaskia Island in Illinois ...

KASKASKIA - Two-hundred thirty years ago Friday, the bell in the church on Kaskaskia Island rang after George Rogers Clark and his troops occupied the city without firing a single shot during the ...