Tazewell County Lincoln document on view for 211th birthday February 11, 2020 5:00 pm|PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — A mortgage document presented to Abraham Lincoln in 1844 in Tazewell County will be…
Annual fall festival planned at Mount Pulaski Lincoln site September 9, 2019 10:32 am|MOUNT PULASKI, Ill. (AP) – The Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site will celebrate the city’s annual fall…
Illinois State Fair officials to unveil popular butter cow August 7, 2019 11:03 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Officials say they’re ready to showcase one of the most popular attractions of the…
City leases Lincoln law office for tourism visitors’ center November 24, 2018 1:23 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The state’s budget crisis shuttered Abraham Lincoln’s former law office in Springfield. But city…
New but classic Lincoln portrait at Knox County Courthouse July 27, 2018 8:04 pm|The Knox County Courthouse now has a much bigger — and arguably stunning — photograph of our 16th…
Springfield may pay to reopen historic Lincoln offices April 12, 2018 12:32 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The city of Springfield could pay $20,000 per year to reopen a historic site…
Popular Lincoln sculpture in Bloomington needs cleaning January 24, 2018 12:31 pm|BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — The popular Abraham Lincoln statue in Bloomington needs a cleaning after it was doused…
Every Illinois county courthouse getting Lincoln portrait October 30, 2017 1:13 pm|BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Portraits of Abraham Lincoln will be given to all 102 county courthouses in Illinois…
‘Welcoming City’ resolution considered for Springfield October 23, 2017 12:03 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Springfield City Council will consider a declaration that Abraham Lincoln’s hometown is a…
Family donates boxed linked to Lincoln to historical society October 23, 2017 11:59 am|ROCHESTER, Ill. (AP) — A simple wooden box reportedly made from a tree stump on which Abraham Lincoln…
Giant Abraham Lincoln sculpture set for display in Peoria September 18, 2017 11:29 am|PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A museum in Peoria is preparing to install a 31-foot-tall, 19-ton painted bronze sculpture of…
Mississippi State University to get large Lincoln collection July 4, 2017 1:31 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Rhode Island Supreme Court chief justice and his wife have decided to give…
Springfield sign company puts Lincoln print, wisdom on wall May 22, 2017 8:45 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Motorists and pedestrians passing the Old State Capitol or Abraham Lincoln’s law office will now…
Lincoln biographer to speak next month at Springfield museum May 21, 2017 8:29 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The author of a lengthy and well-regarded Abraham Lincoln biography will discuss his work in…
Knox welcomes renowned Lincoln scholar for fall lecture September 15, 2016 11:46 am|Knox College’s Lincoln Studies Center is always striving to preserve the life and work of President Abraham Lincoln.
Springfield group turns preservation efforts to ash tree August 17, 2016 1:41 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The preservationists at the Springfield Art Association are turning their attention to a threatened…
Chicago professor honored for compiling music about Lincoln February 21, 2016 3:32 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago music history professor has won an award for his work cataloging all of the…
Tribune Tower Adding Wrigley, Comiskey Bricks to Facade August 11, 2015 2:18 pm|CHICAGO (AP)–They’re talking baseball at Chicago’s Tribune Tower.
President Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln Brought to Life in Railroad Days Events June 26, 2015 2:46 pm|Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln were brought to life in Galesburg through two events last night at Knox…
Weekend Full of Events for Railroad Days Celebration June 22, 2015 1:10 pm|This coming weekend will mark the 38th Annual Galesburg Railroad Days Celebration, with events planned from Thursday through…