SPRINGFIELD — The late former Gov. Jim Edgar was memorialized Saturday as a man whose compassion, integrity, and honesty showed he put people above politics and led Illinois as a model of what ...

Jim Edgar, a former Illinois governor who has gone down as one of the most successful and popular politicians in the state's history, has died. Edgar died on Sunday from complications of pancreatic ...

James Edgar channeled entrepreneurial spirit and a gift for making people smile into changing the way the world celebrates Christmas. Edgar was the first department-store Santa Claus. An immigrant ...

In the 1990s, he compromised with Democrats, backed abortion rights, increased spending for schools and used an income-tax hike to help tame a huge budget deficit. By Adam Nossiter Jim Edgar, a ...

Jim Edgar, who led Illinois government through a period of fiscal austerity with great positive acclaim from voters during his two terms as governor, announced Monday that he has been diagnosed with ...

The star of “Where the Crawdads Sing” and “Normal People” has quickly become a Hollywood “It” Girl. But what she craves is longevity. Experiencing her first success during lockdown was strange, Daisy ...

EDGAR — When Edgar finished the third of their annual three preseason exhibition matchups against local programs, there was a resounding feeling surrounding the Wildcats coaching staff, that the team ...

STRATFORD – The latest chapter of the Stratford-Edgar football saga saw both defenses relent little in pursuit of taking out one of their greatest rivals. On Friday, Aug. 29, it was the Wildcats ...