John Breckinridge broke off from the Democratic Party and had a Southern Democratic Party. And he took enough votes away from ...

Third book in planned five-part series from local author Jan Jacobi, “Lincoln and Douglas” deals with Lincoln's historic debates with rival Stephen A. Douglas.

WASHINGTON, June 9, 1860. GENTLEMEN: I have received by express one dozen copies of your publication of the joint debate between Mr. LINCOLN and myself in 1858, sent by order of the Hon. Mr. COX ...

Eastern Illinois University will reconsider changing the name of Douglas Hall because of the association the historical figure for which it's named has with slavery.

Douglas County voters in a special election Tuesday soundly rejected a ballot measure that would have given the county a crack at assuming home-rule authority.

Special election results in Douglas County are making it clear that a majority of voters in the county do not want home rule.

County commissioners pushed the special election to revamp Douglas County’s operations, but voters didn’t buy into the idea.

Douglas County voters are preparing for a June 24 special election to decide whether to create a home rule charter commission.