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 ...

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, ...

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar died on Sunday at the age of 79. Edgar, a Republican who served as the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999, announced earlier this year ...

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 ...

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.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar was laid to rest on Saturday in Springfield. More than 100 people gathered to honor him. They remembered the Charleston native and ...

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 ...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar speaks about his life in politics and the lessons he learned along the way during a 2021 forum in Effingham. Edgar died Sunday at age 79. Opinions Editor Former Gov. Jim Edgar ...

After the Sunday death of former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, 79, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias remembers him as “an amazing man and an incredible public servant” in a statement released ...

The general wisdom always has viewed larger-than-life Gov. James R. Thompson as Jim Edgar's mentor, and certainly, Edgar learned a lot working as Thompson's legislative liaison and later as Thompson's ...

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 ...

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 ...