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The Lincoln Home National Historic Site is a several square block, cobblestoned, foot traffic-only area that includes the Visitor Center, Lincoln Home and a handful of other residences situated in this historic Lincoln-era neighborhood.

Golden lab Buckshot makes the most of a flooded Clover Lane in Champaign - in front of his owner Mike Young's house.

In this Feb. 20 file photo, state Rep. Donald Moffitt, R-Gilson, holds up an example of a healthy snack on the House floor at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill.

Incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn has been currying their favor for years, even before he became governor.

SPRINGFIELD – A Springfield man is suing the Illinois State Police, saying the agency is taking too long to review his appeal of their denial of his Firearm Owner's Identification card even though he received a gubernatorial pardon for previous felony convictions.

A man who owes his former employees more than $12 million has appeared in Springfield to answer questions about his assets.

Police are making breaks in an unsolved murder case 59-year-old James "Michael" Goins was stabbed to death back in May. And now, police have persons of interest.

In this Dec. 24, 2013 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Chicago.

More than a year after a much-lauded compromise paved the way for high-volume oil and gas extraction in Illinois, the agency in charge of overseeing the practice has hired just four of 53 new employees it says it needs as it continues working to complete rules that drillers must follow.

In the very beginning of our summer road trip to explore the Land of Lincoln, we embarked upon Highway 72 in Illinois in Urbana-Champaign , traveled west approximately 50 miles to Decatur, , then another 39 miles into Springfield.

Paul Findley served as a Republican member of United States House of Representatives from Illinois for 22 years.

Learn about Springfield Illinois, the town where Abraham Lincoln begun his political life and experience its tourist attractions such as Lincoln's old law office and the Lincoln Home national historic site.

In 1914: The 19th Congressional District's McKinley Boys' Corn Club is believed to be the largest in the nation, says the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. There are about 1,000 members in the eight counties of ex-Congressman William McKinley's district.

In this June 29, 2014 photo, Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner talks to the congregation at a church in Chicago about his involvement in community education.

Tweeting, Facebooking, Skyping smartphone users are costing U.S. states and cities revenue as taxes rooted in old-fashioned telephone service fail to keep up with the Internet era.

The Toledo, Ohio-based pizzeria chain has contracted with the Springfield-based Family Video to build pizza kitchens inside 175 of the video store chain's 620 existing locations, including another that is planned for the video store at 108 St. Louis Road in Collinsville.

Briana Chick, of Aurora, walks down the recently renovated main stairway leading up to the third floor of the Senate and House chambers July 1 at the state Capitol in Springfield.

Investigators in Springfield are still trying to determine what caused an ATV accident earlier this week that injured two people.

Investigators in Springfield are still trying to determine what caused an ATV accident earlier this week that injured two people.

Concerned about the "decline in patriotic feeling and civic engagement" in present day America, editors Amy A. Kass, Leon R. Kass and Diana Schaub have compiled a thought-provoking anthology entitled What so Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song.