Travel through time in Illinois! Discover historic towns, theaters, and landmarks where the past still lives in brick streets and grand old buildings.

The deportation of Mexicans without papers in 1977 and the deportation of Afro-American slaves in the 1850s. By Sojourner Truth Organization.

Continuing from last week, the last of the three significant criticisms lodged against the Christian resurrection narrative ...

An authority on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln said there may be holes in the story about an American flag that draped ...

In the 19th century, cities faced a strange problem — too many dead and not enough space to bury them. The solution came by rail. Beginning in 1854, special funeral trains transported coffins and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My elementary school didn't have a library. Instead, each classroom had long shelves below the windowsills stacked with books ...

Concern over the lack of respect for the gravesite led Army Maj. Gen. Fox Conner to order an armed military guard on March 24, 1926.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. destroyed military sites on an island vital to Iran’s oil network and warned that the island’s oil infrastructure could be next if Iran continues ...

A presentation featuring Abraham Lincoln’s relative and Decatur’s most colorful newspaper man, James Shoaff, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Rock Springs Nature Center.

Mount Rushmore was never finished. Behind Lincoln’s head lies an abandoned chamber — the start of a 100-foot vault carved into the mountain, meant to hold America’s most sacred secrets. They called it ...