Analysis of a massive wooden monument has uncovered new secrets of Cahokia, America’s greatest lost civilization.

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Dr. Nicholas Kessler and his colleagues examined the largest known marker post from the ancient North American city of ...

Podcaster Show PlayerThis is a painting of an aerial view looking northeast of the central portion of Cahokia, with Monks Mound at the center, overlooking the Grand Plaza with the Twin Mounds at the ...

Nearly 20 days into the school year, Cahokia District 187 teachers and staff have been working without a union contract. A crowd of members from the Cahokia Federation of Teachers Local 1272, wearing ...

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. – Police from the Cahokia Police Department are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted for a deadly hit-and-run. Officials say the incident happened on Aug. 23 ...

SPONSORED – History and roadside wonders converge in a fascinating tour of the Great Rivers & Routes region of Southwest Illinois — where Native American ingenuity, Civil War cannonballs, and Route 66 ...

Water has been shut off at a local apartment complex that has been dealing with ongoing issues.Ward 5 Jackson City Councilman Vernon Hartley said at least eight people told him water was turned off at ...

NATCHITOCHES, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” long before people from “the old world” ...

An annual lecture series presented by New Philadelphia Association returns this week with a discussion of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site and the people who lived there. The annual Marvin J. and ...

COLLINSVILLE — A movement to designate Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site as part of the National Park System may be picking up again. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth have reintroduced a ...