A history of the creation of Lake Sara, a man-made lake completed in 1957 to provide a water reservoir for Effingham, Illinois after a drought that lasted from 1952-1955 left

When long-time reporter Carl Walworth volunteers for a local literacy program, he never imagines his weekly lesson with Eldo Ealy will turn into a twenty-four-year friendship. Nor does he anticipate

This first biography of Glenn Poshard traces the life of a young man who rose from rural poverty in Southern Illinois to become a United States congressman and president of