The nearly three dozen Illinois counties where a majority of voters in recent years have expressed their desire to leave the Land of Lincoln won’t be joining their neighbor to the east anytime soon — ...

Lincoln Land Community College will host the third annual Freedom Walk at 8:30 a.m. The self-guided walk around the ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in ...

June 19, aka Juneteenth, honors the end of slavery in the United States, and is known as the country’s second Independence ...

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says all three bids to build a new state prison would stay within its budget ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The grand military parade that President Donald Trump had been wanting for years barreled down Constitution ...

On library shelves the multi-volumed biographies by Nicolay and Hay, Sandburg, and Randall and Current stand cover to cover with *Lincoln Never Smoked a Cigarette* and *Abraham Lincoln on the Coming ...

Mourners are paying their respects to former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel as his body lies in state Thursday at New York City Hall, an honor bestowed to a short list of political ...

Rare copies of both the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment will be auctioned off in Sotheby’s upcoming books ...

Measures include graduation rates, affordability and enrollment of low income students and those pursuing degrees in occupations deemed critical for the Commonwealth.

The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission hosted its inaugural meeting ahead of a fast-approaching July 1 deadline to set ...

Juneteenth, a federal holiday marking the end of slavery in the U.S., will be celebrated June 19, 2025. Here's what to know.