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

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

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

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

Political leaders from across the state, and across the political spectrum, gathered in Springfield today for the funeral of ...

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

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

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

A bipartisan audience of more than 300 gathered in Springfield to remember former Gov. Jim Edgar, who died Sept. 14. He was praised for good governance and as a model for non-divisive leadership.

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

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