Susan Rynerson

Among the notables of Pekin’s past is a man whose remarkable career trajectory extended...

Pekin and Tazewell County were well represented at the 2024 Illinois State Historical Society...

To mark the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in July, a historic...

With special Juneteenth-related events planned next week that will honor the memory of Nance...

Almost 45 years after Tazewell County’s collection of Civil War artifacts were carried away...

Ongoing research into the history of the African-American Shipman family of Tazewell County has...

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

In June and July this summer “From the History Room” devoted some attention to...

In September 2013 and January 2014, we recalled a dramatic story that was recorded...

Last week we told the story of how Nance Legins-Costley became one of Tazewell...