Former Gov. Jim Edgar, who died Sept. 14 at age 79, poses with the author, a University of Illinois student, at the May dedication of the Jim Edgar Reading Room on the Springfield campus. Former Gov.

SPRINGFIELD — 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 ...

SPRINGFIELD — Jim Edgar, whose steady, principled leadership as Illinois’ 38th governor left a lasting legacy of integrity, bipartisanship, and public service, died Sunday morning from complications ...

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with steering the state toward financial stability in the 1990s, died Sunday at the age of 79. Edgar died from complications ...

CHICAGO — 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 family.

CHICAGO, Ill. (NBC Chicago) — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has died at the age of 79. Edgar, who served two terms as Illinois’ governor in the 1990s, had announced that he had been diagnosed with ...

Not only did Edgar football's 21-20 win over Boyceville secure a second consecutive trip to the Division 7 WIAA state final next week, but also a feat no other school has reached thus far in the WIAA ...

Ex-Premier League star Edgar Davids’ £188,000 modern art collection was stolen and pawned by a friend after he let her stay at his north London mansion, a court has heard. Nabila Habiby, 38, ripped ...

James Edgar Hitchings Sr., 85, of Rochester Mills, passed away at his home on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, surrounded by family. Jim was born at home in Homer City on Oct. 21, 1939, to Edna (Jamison) and ...