Chicago’s Lincoln Yards could bring neighborhoods together around a shared resource that would draw visitors from across the ...

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 ...

"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 ...

The anonymous “Paddle 1231” won most of the priciest artifacts, including a lock of Lincoln’s hair and a pair of ...

If you feel like inflation is affecting everything these days, consider one more: Soon you may need to offer a nickel for ...

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

Traveling Route 66? One of the first stops to make is in Springfield, Illinois. With so much to see, do, and taste, there are ...

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