Nauvoo News

Much of the savings will come through laying off 2,600 employees.A Nearly half of those layoffs would come from Department of Corrections.

Area residents will have a special opportunity to enjoy the dog days of summer this weekend.The Quincy Humane Society plans to open its new dog park behind its facility on North 36th Street.

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A statue of young Abraham Lincoln, depicted on the Illinois state commemorative quarter, was sculpted by a Mormon from Utah, but not many people know that.

Nauvoo Christian said in the Religion Forum:

The Chicago Tribune reported this article on April 15, 2007, It was titled "Mormon Nauvoo"... just those two words sum up the feelings in this town and fear that can't be spoken out loud by non-Mormons, who have lived here before the Mormons came and for years after they went to Utah. This is Nauvoo, Il and it does not belong to the Mormons but to anyone who chooses to live here.

Nauvoo Christian said in the Nauvoo Forum:

Susan Easton Black: Leaving behind a memory to Joseph would do well to visit the Nauvoo Historical Society and review the time line of Nauvoo. What Susan states in this article leaves huge gaps in the history of both Joseph Smith and the time Mormons were in Nauvoo, IL. Those who study history will get it from more than one source, when the only source is the Mormon Church spokesperson then proceed with caution. http://www.MormonOutreach.org

Catherine McGuire and her family lived in Nauvoo, Illinois at the time of the martyrdom of LDS prophet Joseph Smith in June of 1844.

Weeks after he lost his left hand when a pipe bomb he was making blew up, a Nauvoo man pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he had three unregistered pipe bombs.

Susan Easton Black doesn't just love Nauvoo. She also loves Venus, Commerce and the City of Joseph.

Incumbent Steven Woodruff won re-election for mayor against challenger Perry Suter, with a vote of 380-374. LaHarpe Darrell E. Kraft beat out Larry Housewright for second ward alderman by a vote of 31-10. Challenger Marcia Stiller beat both incumbent Derek A. Helmers and Danny L. Gillett for Third ward alderman with a vote of 32.

Visiting LDS Church history sites is more than just walking through restored homes and listening to the history.

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Another state could soon have civil unions for same sex couples. Yesterday ABC 4 broke the story about an LDS bishop in Nauvoo, Illinois who sent his entire congregation an e-mail warning them about the dangers ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says that an Illinois bishop was acting alone in sending an e-mail to members of his ward urging them to oppose a civil union bill before the state legislators.

A bill on civil unions for same sex couples goes before an Illinois House committee on Thursday, and published reports say a downstate Mormon Church plans to fight the legislation.

It appears a LDS Church Ward in the midwest is now getting involved in another state's battle over gay rights and doing so using what might be considered very unusual language.

A new book about polygamy among early Mormons in Illinois helps shed light on where some contemporary Utah polygamists found inspiration for their way of life.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Walkers make their way to the Mississippi River on Wednesday to commemorate the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo to Utah, with a re-enactment of the historic trek in Nauvoo.

Wednesday was a special day for the community of Nauvoo, IL. More than 300 Latter-day Saints gathered in the town to re-enact an important partA of its history.

The Oakley Lindsay Center in Quincy is teaming up with five Illinois wineries to present Vino-Valentino, a wine tasting party on Friday, Feb.