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

CHICAGO (WGN) — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar died Sunday at the age of 79, according to multiple sources. Edgar, who served as Illinois’ 38 th governor from 1991 to 1999, was widely regarded as a ...

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 ...

U.S. Vice President Al Gore, center, Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, right, with glasses, and Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, left, of Gore, listen as Grafton Mayor Gerrald Nairn, seated next to Gore, ...

Dan Egler, former speechwriter for Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar in the 1990s and campaign manager for Bloomington GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady in the 2000s, has died at age 78.

Egler was also instrumental in the planning of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a Charleston native whose blend of candor and fiscal discipline defined his two terms as the state's chief executive, died on Sunday. He was 79.

Jim Edgar, the two-term Republican governor who guided Illinois through much of the 1990s with a low-key yet intense persona and a meticulous focus on fiscal matters aimed at preparing the state for ...

Illinois (KWQC) - Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer at age 79. Edgar, who was a Republican, was the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991-1999 when the GOP ...

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 ...