A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield. The historic ...

The Abraham Lincoln Association has announced its keynote speaker for its Abraham Lincoln Association Birthday Banquet.

U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Ozzy Hammond fires a shot line on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during fueling-at-sea with Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet ...

From musical acts to stand-up comedians, we take a look at some of the big stars scheduled to perform in Springfield in 2026.

That is not the approach that the playwright Cole Escola has taken in Oh, Mary!, which is currently playing on Broadway and has just opened in London. Escola’s question about Mary Todd Lincoln, wife ...

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the legendary Emancipation Proclamation—one of the most significant documents in human history and a grand edict that paved the way to the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill (WICS) — It's Martin Luther King Jr Day...celebrating the life, legacy and work of the famous civil rights ...

SPRINGFIELD – Unseasonably warm temperatures have cooled ahead of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. After a stretch of pleasant temperatures, 2025 is ending and 2026 is beginning with colder, windier ...

The Sangamon County Coroner said a 60-year-old woman, later identified as Rhonda Mueller from Springfield, crashed while on Wabash Avenue Dec. 30. Mueller was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As he runs for an open Illinois House seat representing part of Chicago’s North Side, Karim Lakhani’s time as a small business ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - A popular ice cream shop in Springfield is anticipating a return in the new year. Baskin-Robbins announced on Facebook Friday that construction is currently underway as it ...

CHICAGO — As he runs for an open Illinois House seat representing part of Chicago’s North Side, Karim Lakhani’s time as a small business owner who has worked “to help operate and grow” his family’s ...