The January midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which killed 67 people, is the topic of a ...

Jack Block, a now-90-year-old Illinois farm boy, was former President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Agriculture from 1981 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Lawmakers are considering whether to put a statue on state Capitol grounds of Ronald Reagan, the Illinois native who served as the country's 40th president.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois lawmakers remembered President Ronald Reagan on Wednesday as a leader who was forthright and charismatic at a time when they say America needed a boost in morale.

President Ronald Reagan's 73rd birthday is celebrated in the Lancaster Gym at Dixon High School on Feb. 6, 1984. Reagan and his family moved into a Dixon home when he was 9.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers are looking to commemorate Ronald Reagan with a statue of the former president on the grounds of the state Capitol. Sen. Darin LaHood, R-Dunlap, began the push ...

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTO Ronald Reagan campaigns for the presidency during a 1980 visit to southern Illinois. THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTO President Ronald Reagan visited Krone Farm in Du Quoin in 1988.

TAMPICO, Ill. – Ronald Wilson Reagan, born 100 years ago in northwestern Illinois, spent his formative years here living, working, studying and developing into the man that would rise to the ...

President Ronald Reagan often is described in glowing terms. He led the nation's remarkable economic revival in the 1980s and took a firm stand against Communism - which ultimately triggered ...

DIXON, Ill. -- Ronald Reagan's boyhood home was designated a national historic site Friday, while the street he walked along as a child was dedicated to the former president. Hennepin Avenue ...

TAMPICO — Events in northwest Illinois are scheduled to mark the 100th birthday of President Ronald Reagan. A centennial gala will be Feb. 4 at Deer Valley Golf Club in Deer Grove.