Memorial services for Edgar will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Central Baptist Church in Springfield.

Edgar died last Sunday from complications of pancreatic cancer. He was 79 years old. Fans are sending their support following ...

More than 300 family, friends, former staff and agency directors, as well as past and current public officials, gathered Saturday at Central Baptist Church in Springfield to celebrate Edgar’s life, to ...

Students and staff from Maria Montessori at Marsh in Rockford formed a giant peace sign to celebrate International Peace Day.

Illinois mourns the death of former Governor Jim Edgar at 79, who passed away from pancreatic cancer, with a memorial service ...

The Rockford Symphony Orchestra’s 92nd season begins Saturday with ‘Passionate Rhythms,’ spotlighting music of Spain and Russia.

Jim Edgar reshaped Illinois politics by winning over suburban women and staying true to his insistence that the state live within its means.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar will be laid to rest on Saturday. Visitors, including Edgar's family, paid their respects as he lay in state at the Illinois Capitol Building.

Services honoring former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar are set to take place on Saturday morning. Edgar, a two-term Republican who served as Illinois’ 38th governor from 1991 to 1999, died Sunday at age ...

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar’s funeral is set for Saturday after he died following a battle with pancreatic caner.