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

The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...

Union Pacific Railroad celebrated its 163rd birthday today in the hometown of its famed founder – President Abraham Lincoln – with the help of numerous dignitaries and its newest commemorative ...

Dorothy McClerren, 96, portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in her daughter’s home to share her talents with Heartland Hospice workers ...

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

An ultra-rare 21-star American flag will go on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum ahead of ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Union Pacific's new commemorative No. 1616 Lincoln Locomotive will be coming to Springfield for a public ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum kicked off its Independence Day celebration by unveiling a rare 21-star flag, marking Illinois' entry as the ...

Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years.

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

More than a million dollars from the federal government is going to two Central Illinois airports to help improve their runways. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth announced on Friday that ...