Illinois offers endless ways to plan an exciting spring vacation; from city stays to road trips to outdoor exploration, every ...

Clear blue skies overhead. Moving Forward Through Oak Ridge Cemetery with Views of the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois, USA. Peaceful cemetery views moving forward through Oak Ridge Cemetery.

The veterans served in a number of roles: combat engineer, platoon sergeant, welder, machine gunner, cook, postal clerk, long ...

Nathan Koble is personally designing and financing a historical marker to be erected in Lake City this summer.

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

Nurmuhammed Inus of the 2700 block of West Balmoral Avenue was charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Mairunnisa B. Osman, police said.

_ This April 1865 photo provided by the Library of Congress shows President Abraham Lincoln’s box at Ford’s Theater, ...

During the 1943 flood, men in Kampsville worked to prevent the Illinois River from flooding Kamp's Store.

Lincoln and incumbent senator Douglas squared off, of course, in the most famous debates in American history. The Illinois encounters would reshape the nation's bitter argument over slavery ...

Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of his era. The top hat he habitually wore in public made him ...