Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American ...

The Crane Trust has learned that one of the sandhill cranes that stopped in central Nebraska last spring then traveled 19,000 ...

Sitting back from Fourth Street in Springfield, tucked next to the Mansion View Inn, sits a house with a long history. The ...

US President Donald Trump hailed assassinated ally Charlie Kirk as a "martyr for truth and freedom" Tuesday as he ...

Take a look at some of the week’s best photos, captured by Illinois Valley photographers from Sunday, Oct. 5, to Saturday, Oct. 11.

The Abraham Lincoln High School football team has been suspended for the remainder of the 2025 season following a post-game brawl last Saturday against Northeast High School, according to NBC10. The ...

An address penned upon learning the Bloomsburg Fair is considering seceding from the Town of Bloomsburg, with profound apologies to President Abraham Lincoln: Eight score and 10 years ago, our fathers ...

On Thursday, October 2, 2025, Anthony (Tony) S. Lincoln, age 81, passed away peacefully. Born in Hartford, Connecticut on January 15, 1944, Tony was the beloved son of the late Charles and Barbara ...

Robert Charles Abraham “Bobby” / “Big B”, age 93, our loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, brother, and friend passed away on September 29, 2025. Born June ...

Fourteen presidents have called themselves Freemasons, members of the centuries-old fraternal organization known for its secret rituals and mysterious symbols. Abraham Lincoln was not one of them, but ...

Selma Abraham Hutchison, age 95, of St. Augustine, FL, peacefully passed away on Friday, September 5, 2025, at Lancaster Health and Rehabilitation in Lancaster, SC. Selma was born on November 25, 1929 ...