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Tell me about that house . . . . Part Six

This week we will begin to tell the story of the Reardon family, who...

Tazewell County

The Tazewell County Jail of 1892

Over a year after Tazewell County was erected by the Illinois General Assembly in...

Jesse Black, pioneer of Sand Prairie

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

The Tazewell County directories of J. A. White

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

The Third Degree: Chapter 25: Aftermath and Epilogue

With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we conclude our series on...

The Third Degree: Chapter 24: A sudden ending to John Petje’s murder trial

With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we continue our series on...

The Third Degree: Chapter 23: The Nelan murder case finally goes to trial

With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we continue our series on...

The Third Degree: Chapter 22: County board to Sheriff Crosby: ‘Clean house’

With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we continue our series on...

The Third Degree: Chapter 21: An armful of petitions for impeachment

With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we continue our series on...

The Third Degree: Chapter 20: ‘We, the jury, find the defendants . . .’

With this post to our Local History Room weblog, we continue our series on...

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