Springfield police pursued a black Ford Edge SUV through downtown Springfield on Saturday, culminating in a dramatic stop at ...

In the fading light of a hot summer day last week, Adlai Stevenson and a few friends left the Chicago Yacht Club, got into a taxi, and headed back to his living quarters at the Sheraton-Blackstone ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told a crowd of about 1,200 people at Illinois Wesleyan ...

With less than a month to go in the 1952 presidential election, Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson, the governor of Illinois, landed his chartered plane in Spokane for a stump speech Oct. 15, 1952.

The 1956 election was an instant replay as Gov. Shivers again snubbed Stevenson and again climbed on-board the “I Like Ike” bandwagon. Proving 1952 was no fluke, Eisenhower widened his winning margin ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Stevenson (Adlai) Center on Democracy has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2008 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per ...

Scurrying from caucus room to caucus room in search of his mislaid presidential nomination, Candidate Adlai Stevenson allowed himself to be poked, prodded, pushed and paraded until he felt, as he put ...

Once inspired by Adlai Stevenson II at her own commencement address, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin offered encouragement to ...

After spending weeks collecting money for toys, clothing food and more, a group of Adlai Stevenson High School students packed the donations up and distributed them to area agencies so they can be ...

The historic Adlai E. Stevenson II Home, owned and operated by the Lake County Forest Preserve District, will be getting needed repair. Forest commissioners recently approved a $136,050 contract with ...