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If you've been wondering what it would take to get a statue of yourself put on display in our state's capital city of Springfield, you might want to get started by saving 77 people from drowning in the Rock River. Oh, and then get elected president.

The Eternal Indian Statue, also known as Chief Blackhawk, has spent the last five years under wraps awaiting restoration.

After stops in Chicago and Peoria, the 19-ton sculpture named “Return Visit” took its place in front of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday.

The life-sized elephant statue, which had stood in Northlake for over 40 years, was completely destroyed.

The man. The myth. The legend. Harry Caray. The voice that defined the Cubs for decades. I'm a White Sox fan and I have always loved him.

A man who was never photographed or painted with a smiling, let alone laughing face, is about to get a makeover in Naperville.

Can we help locate the missing statue from the Belvidere Cemetery?

You might look at that photo and think to yourself, "Wait, The Eternal Indian? I thought that was Chief Blackhawk's statue."

OREGON, Ill. (AP) — A restoration team is testing different mixtures to fix cracks running through a 104-year-old statue of a Native American overlooking the Rock River in northern Illinois. Sauk Valley Media reports that the effects of time and weather have damaged the 50-foot-tall tribute to Native Americans that sits atop a 125-foot bluff at Lowden State Park...

OREGON, Ill. (AP) — Preparations are starting in an $825,000 restoration project to repair a more than century-old statue of a Native American overlooking the Rock River in northern Illinois. Dr. Andrzej Dajnowski, the project's conservator, says a crew has been testing various repair mixtures to fill cracks in the 50-foot tall statue...