Bishop Hill News

Sunday will be the last day for 12 historic sites and seven state parks in illinois.

Area residents wanting to go sledding at seven state parks or visit eleven historic sites found the gates closed and doors locked today.

Despite the closure of state historic sites, Bishop Hill, Ill., is "still going ahead with our festivals," said Mike Wendel, administrator of Bishop Hill Heritage Association.

"My name's Jultomte, the Swedish Christmas gnome, and since you'll likely be doing a little holiday shopping this weekend, I thought I'd take a break from tidying to tell you about some great places to stop for ...

After spending months threatening to layoff child abuse counselors and cut funding at addiction treatment centers, Gov.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers and supporters joined forces in Springfield on Thursday.

Celebrate the holidays with a Swedish flare. Bishop Hill's annual Julmarknad is open this year from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov.

It's hard to imagine that Jim McCormick of Galesburg was, as he said, "down in the dumps," one morning of the Knox County Scenic Drive.

Bishop Hill has a new acting mayor after the mayor and village clerk both resigned last week and walked out of the village board meeting.

As of Thursday morning, Gov. Rod Blagojevich still had not decided whether dozens of downstate parks and historic sites are valuable enough to keep open to the public.

Illinois lawmakers will dive into a political maelstrom Monday when they may consider ethics reforms and undoing Gov.

The Hennepin Canal Parkway has gotten a short reprieve from Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but that's not good enough for supporters of the Hennepin Canal.

Close to half of the state's historic sites will close Oct. 1, the result of recent budget cuts by Illinois Gov.

Rep. Don Moffitt has filed a second house bill to get state money back for area state parks and historic sites.

Three historic sites in tiny, Bishop Hill are set to close but the towns shops and restaurants remain open.

Blagojevich Administration laying off dozens of employees from two state agencies.

The times of camping and picnics along the Hennepin Canal could be a thing of the past.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision to cut hundreds of state jobs and close two dozen state parks and historic sites is part of a Democratic strategy to raise taxes on Illinoisans, a top Illinois Republican said ...

Bishop Hill will host its 37th annual fall festival, called Jordbruksdagarna, just two days before four properties operated by the state are closed as a result of the Illinois budget crisis.

The Blagojevich administration is planning to lay off more than 450 workers and close nearly two dozen state parks and historic sites in response to the state's lingering budget impasse.