The Cairo Historical Preservation Project, Inc. is partnering with local Illinois universities to showcase the region's ...

Cairo unveils its African American Heritage Trail and Oral History Project, spotlighting the city’s pivotal Black history ...

The Rise Community Market in Cairo, Illinois, is taking a step forward--officially bringing meat sales back for the first time since transitioning from a full co-op to a deli-only operation.

Cairo, Illinois once sat poised to become one of America’s great river cities—but the reality became far darker. From early French settlements to its boom as a Civil War logistics hub, Cairo seemed ...

The Cairo Historical Preservation Project, Inc. will launch the Cairo African American Heritage Trail and Oral History ...

CAIRO, ILLINOIS - Families in need in Cairo, Illinois received some extra help for Thanksgiving. 150 turkeys were handed out in Cairo on Monday in an event that's been going on for six years. Illinois ...

CAIRO, IL (WSIL) -- Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza and her staff will be spreading some holiday cheer this Thanksgiving, as they will be giving out 150 turkeys and Thanksgiving meals to ...

Our goal for the month was to find some nice autumnal walks, in locations we hadn’t yet had the chance to enjoy. Despite a lifetime of regional excursions, there was still a good list to work from, so ...

I learned all I needed to know about the Civil Rights movement from a box of Crayola Crayons. It happened in 1967, the year I entered first grade at Emerson Elementary, back in my hometown of Cairo, ...

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Rise Community Market formally opened Friday, June 16, in Cairo, Illinois, ending what residents called the river city's "food desert." Rise has co-op memberships available, which may be purchased ...

Early in this fine book, Cordell McGoy, a native of Cairo, Ill., remarks that his hometown is closer to Mississippi than it is to Chicago. In spirit and in mileage, McGoy is correct, but Cairo is ...