Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.

The village where Abraham Lincoln came of age is deteriorating. Lincoln lived in New Salem, Illinois, as a young man from ...

With the Eagles Super Bowl run now complete, new signage has been installed, featuring the refreshed branding implemented by ...

Check out the latest exhibits and events Central Illinois museums, galleries and historic sites have to offer.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that ...

The Smithsonian, which oversees numerous museums and cultural centers, including the Air and Space Museum and the National ...

Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking. Lincoln had been hired by a man named Denton Offutt to deliver the boat cargo to New ...

Mayor Ismael Burgueño of Tijuana has begun cleaning and restoration efforts to improve urban conditions in the city.

Artificial intelligence has exposed a pervasive failure in its handling of racial representation. Its default settings ...

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has praised President Bola Tinubu as a rare and transformative leader, suggesting that his type only appears once in a thousand years.In a Thursday ...

The Martin Blog Spring Sports Preview series continues today with a look at Missouri River Conference girls soccer.

Theatrics and the Lincoln Amphitheatre are thrilled to announce open auditions for the summer production of Pioneer Song, a musical celebration of the life and times of President Abraham Lincoln, told ...