Former Gov. Jim Edgar’s funeral service was held at Central Baptist Church on Sept. 20 after his casket lay in state at the ...

In a world of deep partisanship, Edgar was lauded by his fellow Republicans and also by Democrats as a leader with great ...

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

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 ...

Payeras moved to California in 2012 and found work first as a groom for trainer Kristin Mulhall at Hollywood Park, and then ...

The late former Gov. Jim Edgar was memorialized Saturday as a man whose compassion, integrity, and honesty showed he put ...

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

Services honoring former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar unolded on Saturday morning in Springfield. Edgar, a two-term Republican who served as Illinois’ 38th governor from 1991 to 1999, died Sunday at ...

Jim Edgar ran a brilliant campaign for governor in 1990. He set the template for every winning statewide race since then by ...