U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, both Democrats from Illinois, announced $942,571 in ...

"I said, 'Well, maybe a little bit of Lincoln and make it a festival that appeals to the 30-plus crowd,'" recalled Puglia, ...

A number of early settlers of the Fulton County village were from the Scottish city of Dunfermline (pronounced "Done-ferm-lin ...

Illinois lawmakers were hoping to pass a bill to put more guardrails on homeschooling after cases of child abuse and neglect ...

If Young Mr. Lincoln, starring Henry Fonda, offers a smoother ride from first frame to last, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, released approximately 10 months later, offers a greater number of individual ...

In a world where food trends come and go faster than Illinois weather changes, Star 66 Cafe stands as a monument to timeless cooking – proof that cheese fries, served in an unpretentious setting with ...

The Bloomington Fire Department responded to a structure fire Tuesday at a duplex on Yukon Circle, where flames had spread into the shared attic and threatened both residences.

American War (1846-48), partisans of the "All Mexico" movement argued for the annexation of Mexico in its entirety as a condition of peace, but Polk -- faced with opposition to the war from ...

Obama was caught on a hot mic in 2009 calling Kanye West a "jacka***" after the rapper interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance ...

In remarks at Independence Hall in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln shared the roots of his political philosophy while ...

Kori Rumore, a journalist at The Chicago Tribune, joins John Landecker to talk about Abraham Lincoln’s angry letter directed ...