When El Paso, Illinois, high school history teacher Michael Melick decided to have his advanced class focus on local history, he didn’t predict it would result in a museum devoted to voting rights in ...

The countdown to Christmas is on and plenty of holiday events and displays are welcoming its arrival. Here are some of those ...

Annual Christmas Open House: 1-3 p.m., Jacksonville African American History Museum, 859 Grove St. | Create an ornament to decorate the tree, and visit with Santa. Refreshments served. Free Christmas ...

The nonprofit Illinois Conservation Foundation is featuring Abraham Lincoln at New Salem for this year’s state park holiday ...

Join Illinois Department of Natural Resources for free First Day Hikes at 17 state parks on Jan 1, celebrating America's ...

From documenting immigration enforcement, to covering the highs and lows of Chicago’s sports teams and photographing the lives of everyday residents, Chicago Tribune photographers and ...

This play by Ken Bradbury is set on Christmas Eve, 1864, in the White House. President and Mrs. Lincoln (Randy Duncan and Pam Brown) are visited by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (Dennis Rendleman) as they ...