The city also made history during its council meeting with the appointment of Councilwoman Annette Higdon as Mayor Pro Tem, ...

Cairo swears in Arlisha Williams as its first woman mayor in a historic ceremony that also saw Annette Higdon appointed as ...

CAIRO — The Cairo Historical Preservation Project, Inc. is partnering with Illinois universities to showcase the region’s history as defined by the African American community. The Heritage Trail and ...

The Cairo African American Heritage Trail and Oral History Project (CAAHT) will launch Friday, Dec. 5, allowing residents and guests to visit specific African American history sites in Cairo, Illinois ...

CAIRO — There are still traces of the grandeur brought by the age of the railroad, but it’s seemingly few and far-between these days. This year’s third annual Bear and Butterflies public art project ...

CAIRO — Cairo locals are hoping to preserve Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the three remaining Black landmarks in the area. The Rev. Ronnie Woods, current pastor at the closed ...

Cairo, Illinois, a city surrounded by levees at the southernmost tip of the state and known as "Little Egypt" because of its namesake Egyptian city on the Nile River, is known for bridges and bridge ...