On library shelves the multi-volumed biographies by Nicolay and Hay, Sandburg, and Randall and Current stand cover to cover with *Lincoln Never Smoked a Cigarette* and *Abraham Lincoln on the Coming ...

Jacksonville Celebration Quilt Contest: Times Square Sewing Complex, 63 E. Central Park Plaza | Create a quilted project to ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

Zionsville plans to replace Lincoln Park’s gazebo and brick paths, add a water feature and improve drainage at a cost between ...

What: The Hemmings Motor News Great Race, a nine-day classic car rally of vintage automobiles from Minnesota to South Carolina, will include a dinner break and overnighter in Springfield. The stop is ...

Dan Duster, the great-grandson of American civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, will appear in Springfield Tuesday, June 17.

Theatrical event, free day also scheduledSPRINGFIELD The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will celebrate ...

It’s not easy transitioning from the military to college and then to the business world, but Jared Jess found the path to ...

Since 2021, when Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill to commemorate June 19, 1865, the date when the last enslaved Black people in ...

Built in 1880 by a congregation comprised of formerly enslaved people and their descendants, the church is an enduring, ...

Born in Riverside, Illinois — about three hours from where Abraham Lincoln had lived with his family in Springfield — to ...

Juneteenth celebrations and other events are planned in Bloomington-Normal and throughout Central Illinois this month.