Mourners fill the pews at Central Baptist Church near the state Capitol to mourn and praise the moderate two-term Republican ...

The funeral for former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar will be held on Saturday morning, with services scheduled for 11 a.m. at ...

In the 1990s, he compromised with Democrats, backed abortion rights, increased spending for schools and used an income-tax ...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar lies in state a day ahead of funeral. The two-term Republican governor guided Illinois through much of ...

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar is lying in state at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield ahead of his funeral this ...

Jim Edgar’s greatest legacy is a program he created to imbue smart, young people from across Illinois with his devotion to ...

CHICAGO -- Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with guiding the state into a period of ...

The late former Gov. Jim Edgar was memorialized Saturday as a man whose compassion, integrity, and honesty showed he put people above politics and led Illinois as a model of what competent governance ...

The body of former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar will lie in state in the Illinois State Capitol Rotunda on Friday, and a memorial ...

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 ...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar lies in state in the Illinois Capitol rotunda on Friday. Edgar’s memorial service is taking place at 11 ...