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 ...

Mourners fill the pews at Central Baptist Church near the state Capitol to mourn and praise the moderate two-term Republican. SPRINGFIELD — Hundreds celebrated the life and mourned the death of former ...

Horses of racing age and breeding stock owned by the late Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar will be dispersed in Indiana Oct. 11-12. Six yearlings bred by Edgar and consigned by Breakway Farm, agent, will be in ...

Egler was the Springfield bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune for 14 years before going to work for GOP Gov. Jim Edgar and ...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar lies in state in the Illinois Capitol rotunda on Sept. 19, 2025. Edgar’s memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday at Central Baptist Church in Springfield. The event ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with guiding the state into a period of greater financial stability in the 1990s, died Sunday, according to his ...

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar is lying in state at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield ahead of his funeral this weekend. Edgar, a Republican who served as governor from 1991 to 199, died ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill (KWQC) - Memorial services for former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar will begin Friday. Governor Edgar will lie in-state from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Friday in the Rotunda of the Illinois State ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Jim Edgar was a Governor with 55 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1990 Speech as a Secretary for the State. The year with the most videos was 1993 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CNI) - Former Gov. Jim Edgar lies in state in the Illinois Capitol rotunda on Sept. 19, 2025. Edgar’s memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday at Central Baptist Church ...

“Jim Edgar believed deeply in our individual and our collective responsibility to one another — that regardless of where we live, what we look like or who we voted for, our foremost obligation is to ...