After learning of another Illinois town named Alexander, the founders wanted a new name.

Domestic violence rips apart a young woman's life in a tiny Illinois town.

Robert Butler has seen and heard a lot in his 44 years as mayor of this small southern Illinois town.

So more than a few eyebrows began arching when a handful of people in this small central Illinois town suddenly seemed to be sitting pretty.

He and his older brother, Neil, moved with their parents from one small Illinois town to the next.

The strong art-deco design was then very avant-garde for a small Illinois town.

His wife and two daughters took in laundry in their southern Illinois town.

First, the district represents an intact example of a central commercial district in a rural Illinois town.

I grew up in a small Illinois town, where none of my female relatives had paying jobs.

Both had mothers who came from the same Illinois town.