Nauvoo News

Today is Pioneer Day , a holiday celebrated on July 24 in the American state of Utah and some of the regions in surrounding states originally settled by Mormon pioneers.

Today is Pioneer Day , a holiday celebrated on July 24 in the American state of Utah and some of the regions in surrounding states originally settled by Mormon pioneers.

You know I just wasn't that crazy about Mormon pioneer stories when I was a kid, mostly because I couldn't relate.

The "Eyes Westward" statue at This Is the Place Heritage Park is dedicated Saturday by Elder M. Russell Ballard of the LDS Church.

The Nauvoo Pageant began its four-week run Friday, July 11, on the outdoor stage in Nauvoo featuring many new members in the core cast as well as families filling in each week.

As a teenager, a Smithfield resident visited Carthage Jail in Nauvoo, Ill. in 1973 with his parents.

The actors come from around the world with multiple goals that all start with a love of God and a desire to portray the local history of their Mormon heritage.

Four pumps continued to move water away from a historic Mormon landmark in Nauvoo, Ill., Thursday as the flooding threat there is begins to lessen.

Although water is still seeping through the saturated ground near a historic site in Nauvoo, Ill., the city is no longer threatened by massive flooding that has devastated the Midwestern United States this ...

A breach in the levee at Gulfport, Ill. is wreaking havoc in that region but was a lifesaver for the historic Nauvoo House located downstream.

A call for volunteers to fill sandbags to help protect historic Nauvoo, Ill., and surrounding areas went out last week.

Volunteers are filling sandbags in and around Nauvoo, Ill., to protect historic church landmarks in the event of flooding on the Mississippi River.

There were three traffic fatalities in Hancock County in 2006; four in 2007; and now seven so far in the first five months of 2008.

The Carthage city council voted to amend the current city code to add three new zoning designations.

More than 30 Warsaw residents, many angry about a recent agreement the city made with an out of town business, let their feelings be known at the Warsaw City Council meeting Wednesday.

As a Midwesterner prejudiced toward things Midwestern, I was intrigued when a friend reported recently that she'd spent a weekend touring Illinois wineries with wondrous results.

Caleb Todd, age 7, joined his father, Blair, recently in volunteering for militia service at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site.

Over the past two decades, Mary Lou and Buonaveta Fernetti, the owners of the Art Needle Workshop, have been very busy people. via Henderson County Quill

“Where else can you step from a $150 million museum to one of the longest-running Illinois art fairs to historic sites and a wine tasting?”

Which state was the fourth-largest U.S. wine producer in 1900? You'll probably be surprised to discover that it was Illinois, where the wine industry's roots go back to the 1770s, when French settlers started ... via Illinois Times

August Hill's 3-acre vineyard stands atop a bluff on the south side of the Illinois River on the same property as our winery. via Beacon News