The “Those Were the Days” presenter at the Oregon Illinois Depot on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, will be Highland Community ...

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

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 ...

Veterans and their families will report to the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield at 4 a.m. Oct. 21 and travel to ...

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 ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

Abraham Allain, 87, of Sturbridge passed away peacefully on September 17, 2025 with his family by his side. Abe is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Anna (Thebeau) Allain; three sons, Roger, ...

Three Louisiana residents have been arrested for allegedly stealing a rare solid silver Abraham Lincoln statue from the Houmas House Estate and Gardens in Darrow and cutting it into pieces to sell at ...

It was Sunday, Sept. 7, when Kevin Kelly, owner of the Houmas House plantation between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, learned that his antique, solid silver statue of Abraham Lincoln had been stolen.