It is estimated that nearly four billion barrels of oil remain in the Illinois Basin, writes Seth Whitehead of the Illinois ...

A mural celebrating 169 years since Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "lost speech" in Bloomington was unveiled Thursday ...

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The ...

A project to reconnect Taylorville and Pana has been completed thanks to funding from the Illinois Department of ...

"What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago ... ignited Lincoln's march to the presidency and eventually led to emancipation, ...

After her release, Mary Todd Lincoln lived a relatively quiet life, although she remained plagued by both psychiatric and ...

More than 1,000 small, independent companies continue to produce between 7 million and 8 million barrels of oil annually in ...

The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated were among the 144 items up for ...