Dr. Erik Alexander discusses the 1858 Lincoln Douglas Debates in Alton at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's free ...

CHICAGO | St. Xavier University associate professor Graham Peck has discovered lost records that illuminate Abraham Lincoln s historic rivalry with Sen. Stephen A. Douglas. In 1854, Lincoln traveled ...

From duels to broken friendships, these seven American political feuds show how ambition and personal grudges shaped the ...

Freeport’s Electrical Aggregation Program. FREEPOD reported last week on the electrical aggregation program efforts underway ...

Few places along the Mississippi River tell America s story of belief as vividly as Quincy, the river city perched on the bluffs in the westernmost point of Illinois ...

Hundreds of candidates in several high-profile races gathered Monday in Springfield to file with the Illinois State Board of ...

A man carries a sign while dressed as George Washington during a No Kings Day rally at Lincoln-Douglas Square on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. The Alton event was one of more than a thousand happening ...

After a long treatise on the illegality of secession, Lincoln closed with a single flourish. His plea to the “better angels of our nature” is so familiar that we can miss the very particular ...

DOUGLAS, Mich. — There is a lot of talk about chalk in Douglas. Prominent chalk writings on public sidewalks in the Allegan County city are spurring debate over when city laws can supersede free ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - This week’s Lincoln County Commissioners meeting saw a lively debate regarding the formal adoption of Vieyra Avenue into the Lincoln County Road System. The discussion ...

According to the GBI, Douglasville police were called to a home on Littlebrook Way around 9:30 p.m. Saturday for a reported domestic disturbance. When officers got there, they found a woman lying in ...

Omaha Mayor John Ewing, Police and other officials respond after ICE raid on Tuesday at an Omaha meatpacking plant. Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson has asked the Douglas County Board to consider ...