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8 Old-School Illinois Bowling Alleys Where Shoes, Lanes And Food Still Cost Like 1985

A bowling alley in Illinois started out as a 1911 garage, and it later became a filming location for Groundhog Day. Yes, the Bill Murray one, and I can’t stop smiling at that detail. Another spot rolls on 12 wood lanes beneath a historic theater. A third still keeps...

Illinois · 3d

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Doors Closing hits The Space with Leeloh

On Friday, November 6, The Space got a show from two incredible Illinois bands. Opening for Doors Closing, a Chicago-based alt rock band, was Leeloh—twee pop from right here in Champaign. This was my first time seeing Leeloh, and they did not disappoint. They opened their set with two...

Champaign, IL · 22h

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Illinois Students Help Turn Abandoned Barbershop into Museum Honoring the First Black Man to Vote in the State

David Strother, the barbershop’s original owner, became the first Black voter in Illinois after the 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870

El Paso, IL · 2d

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Escape Into A Real-Life Bookworm’s Paradise Where Illinois Books Cost Less Than $20

There’s a teal-green building in Forsyth, Illinois, that has absolutely no business being as exciting as it is, and yet, here we are. The Old Book Barn is the kind of place that makes you question every life decision that led you to spend full price on books at a chain store, because for under twenty dollars, you can stuff an entire bag with used books and walk out feeling like you’ve cracked some kind of secret code.

Forsyth, IL · 2d

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Sweet Adelines Preparing for Christmas Luncheon and Silent Auction; Sat Dec 5th; 11:30 AM at DACC Bremer Center

Embrace the True Christmas Story at the Danville Sweet Adelines Christmas Luncheon and Silent Auction on Saturday, December 5 at 11:30 AM at Danville Area Community College Bremer Center. The afternoon includes inspiring music with lunch provided by Applewood Catering. Proceeds from the auction benefit Spotlight Performing Arts. Admission for the show and lunch is $30. For reservations call 217-474-0473.

Danville, IL · 21h

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ISU Hosts its 3rd Band Competition with Bands all across the State

This past Thursday, bands from across the state battled out in the Battle of Bands competition. This event was held by Illinois State’s WZND radio station. Seven bands from across Illinois came together to compete. Elizabeth Zoerner, organizer of the event, says the goal of this event was to...

Normal, IL · 22h

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llinois Woman eats a Milky Way. Then she notices something different—and disturbing: ‘I can’t even eat it anymore’

'Making me throw up fr.'

Springfield, IL · 1d

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Hallmark Just Crowned the 2026 Merriest Christmas Town in America

Want to visit a place that looks plucked straight out of a Hallmark Christmas movie? Head to Carlinville, Illinois. The sweet little 5,000-person (and some change) town was just crowned the winner of Hallmark Channel's inaugural Merriest Christmas Town contest. Earlier this year, the network put out the call: Which...

Carlinville, IL · 4d

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Second annual Vetstock celebrates veterans

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) - Vetstock 2026, a celebration hosted by the Vetstock Committee and Operation Hometown Heroes, occurred at the Salvation Army Community Center in Springfield Saturday. It is the second year the event has been hosted. Hundreds of veterans attended. The event provided veterans and their families with community...

Springfield, IL · 1d

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Is The Lincoln Museum Gift Shop Worth A Trip On Its Own? Springfield Locals Say Yes

Some of the best stops in Illinois are the ones you almost walk right past. I went looking for a quick souvenir and left with a story, a handful of postcards, and a real urge to come back. The little shop I found felt less like a store and more...

Springfield, IL · 2d

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9 Illinois Restaurants So Unusual They Deserve Their Own Reality TV Shows

Somewhere in Illinois, your burger can roll up to your seat behind a toy U.S. Army locomotive. It travels on a tiny track, trailed by model cars and a Lego caboose. I still can’t decide if that’s adorable or genius. The train is only one oddball on this...

Chicago, IL · 2d

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Walk Beneath Historic Air Force Planes For Free At This Illinois Aviation Museum

A Boeing 367-80 tanker, a relative of the famous 707 prototype, sits on a grassy lawn in Illinois, and you can walk right under it. No ticket booth. No turnstile. No base badge required. The neighbors are just as impressive. A C-141 Starlifter and a C-130 share the same neat...

Illinois · 1d

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Illinois Musicians Can Now Press Vinyl Locally, Cutting Wait Times And Expenses

Chicago's first vinyl pressing plant in three decades just opened in Hermosa, bringing record production back to a city that lost the capability years ago.

Chicago, IL · 1d

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Youth participate in Night at the Museum event

CHRISTIAN COUNTY — Youth from the Taylorville Evangelical Free Church and Destiny Fellowship Church of Mowequa participated in a Night at the Museum at the Christian County Historical Museum on November 1. The group was the first to enjoy the museum’s new pavilion, constructed with funds donated by the Westrick-Appleton family and built to preserve and protect the roughly two hundred year old log cabin that has been a key focal point of the museum since the 1970s. The donation also covered new picnic tables, which were a much-needed improvement for the museum.

Christian County, IL · 1d

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Libraries Don't Win A Landslide With Voters

Illinois · 23h

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Wander Shelves Of Vintage Records At These 8 Illinois Shops Where Crate Diggers Lose Hours

Some of the best afternoons start with a plain storefront and a bin of records nobody has touched in years. Across Illinois, small shops tucked into old neighborhoods and quiet downtowns hold stacks of vinyl, tapes, and forgotten treasures waiting for patient hands. You walk in planning a quick look,...

Illinois · 3d

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Illinois Musicians Can Now Press Vinyl Locally, Cutting Wait Times And Expenses

Chicago's first vinyl pressing plant in three decades just opened in Hermosa, bringing record production back to a city that lost the capability years ago.

Chicago, IL · 1d

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Filming begins on documentary about the Three Horsemen of Tazewell County

Filming has begun on a new documentary about the Three Horsemen in Tazewell County, which is scheduled to be released next summer to mark the 200th anniversary of their historic rescue mission.

Tazewell County, IL · 4d

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Oddest archaeological finds from the Midwest

Oddest archaeological finds from the Midwest Seven finds. Seven Midwest states. Four are real. Three are fakes. Some rewrote the continent’s history. Some were jokes that got out of hand. We say which is which, […]

Illinois · 6d

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Illinois Music Venues Shift, Forge Closes While Salt Shed Expands

After nine years, Joliet's beloved rock club The Forge has closed its doors for good. Meanwhile, Chicago's Salt Shed is planning something massive across the street.

Illinois · 5d

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