America’s 40th President Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, on this day in history, Feb. 6, 1911. Before he was a movie star-turned-commander-in-chief, Reagan was born to parents Nelle and ...

The new commercial is part of a $75 million ad campaign by Ontario aimed at Republican voters. Back in 1987, President Ronald ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois lawmakers remembered President Ronald Reagan on Wednesday as a leader who was forthright and charismatic at a time when they say America needed a boost in morale.

GALESBURG, Ill. -- Ronald Reagan took a side trip down memory lane when the 1980 presidential campaign brought him back to the tree-lined streets he had roamed as a kid, long before he reached ...

Reagan, a Republican, would go on to receive 59 percent of the vote that fall and carry 49 states in a defeat of Democratic nominee Walter Mondale. The former vice president had served under the man ...

DIXON, Ill. | Most Americans know Ronald Reagan as the president from California who swept a conservative revolution into Washington when he was elected in 1980, but Reagan's first 21 years were spent ...

The Illinois Republican Party will be launching a special year-long celebration of Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday in 2011. It all begins Saturday, February 5th at a celebration dinner in Chicago.

DIXON, Ill. -- Ronald Reagan's boyhood home was designated a national historic site Friday, while the street he walked along as a child was dedicated to the former president. Hennepin Avenue, where ...

President Ronald Reagan often is described in glowing terms. He led the nation's remarkable economic revival in the 1980s and took a firm stand against Communism - which ultimately triggered the ...

ST. LOUIS — The politics of guns can be deeply divisive. With bipartisan agreement so far from reach, it can almost start to seem as though it's always been that way. So, let's Check the Record. It ...

Betty Krone of Du Quoin said she never in her wildest dreams imagined entertaining the president of the United States. Of course, she added, in high school she never imagined being a farm wife, either ...