The only telegraph machine in Orange County sits across from the only other telegraph machine in Orange County, polished relics to the first great breakthrough in mass communications, now all but ...

The Telegraph's Erik Hall, right, and Jill Moon, center, receive the Freedom of Information Award at the 2025 Illinois Press Association Best of the Press awards ceremony at Par-A-Dice Casino in East ...

August 29, 1860 - The first telegraph connection to Nebraska territory was completed Aug. 28, 1860. The connection went from St. Joseph, Mo. to Brownville. The next day, the first outgoing telegram ...

In the mid-1850s, Bloomington found itself hurtling into the machine age. The first railroads arrived in May and October of 1853 (the Illinois Central and what would become the Chicago & Alton ...