State of Illinois and Sangamon County employees will have the next two Mondays off from work. Those days are in observance of Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12 and Presidents Day on Feb. 20, which ...

Super Bowl Monday is a day that many people in the U.S. dread as it typically follows a late night of commercials, beer, food and football. Last year, approximately 60% of Americans or 200 million ...

A smile swept over Susan Dittman's face as she peered into the auditorium at Lincoln Southeast High School on Sunday afternoon. "I didn't expect it to be so full," she said. Seven years ago, Dittman ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The birthday of Abraham Lincoln, who served as the 16th President of the United States and was known as “The Great Emancipator,” is Monday, Feb. 12. According to History.com, ...

Monday marks Abraham Lincoln’s 215th birthday, and as always, it prompts some of the most profound questions of civics and citizenship: Do I get the day off from work? Do my kids have to go to school?

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is celebrating Lincoln’s birthday in a special way. ALPLM is offering two free admission days to attendees: Feb. 8 and 12 ...

Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, will deliver the annual Lincoln Lecture at Lincoln Land Community College Monday, highlighting a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON — In celebration of the birth of ...

As I write this, millions of viewers gathered around their televisions to watch one of the most popular sporting events in the world. It’s the most-watched sporting event in the country and a contest ...

It was Nov. 19, 1963, when Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address during the dedication ceremony at Gettysburg ...