Illinois (KWQC) - Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer at age 79. Edgar, who was a Republican, was the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991-1999 when the GOP ...

Former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar speaks at a May 28 event in Springfield to dedicate the reading room at the Illinois State Library in his honor. Edgar helped secure funding for the facility when he ...

CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with guiding the state into a period of greater financial stability in the 1990s, died Sunday, according to his family.

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with guiding the state into a period of greater financial stability in the 1990s, died Sunday, according to his ...