Lincoln News

If only they had known there was a spy in their midst. Right in Elmira. Someone who was implicated in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.

Tuesday, candidates for Bibb County State Court Judge, the Bibb County Board of Education and the Macon Water Authority will face questions.

Winston Churchill referred to the Soviet Union as a "riddle wrapped in an enigma".

Abraham Lincoln, like many of the Founding Fathers before him, knew that government of the people, by the people and for the people, "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal," was something new in the world, especially for a continental empire.

A replica of one of the train engines that carried the body of Abraham Lincoln to Columbus and then to his resting spot in Illinois will not be displayed as scheduled at the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday.

A new exhibit titled "America's First Ladies" opens Saturday at The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch.

A new Godzilla featurette has been revealed - scroll down and click to watch. The clip includes an interview with director Gareth Edwards, who discusses his approach to the film and reveals that he wanted to treat the monster blockbuster "seriously".

It's two in the morning and you're woken by the crash of falling glass. Without hesitation, you grab your firearm and move to investigate.

Election of Abraham Lincoln spawns secession of seven states led by South Carolina.

Though we still have no definitive word on what Steven Spielberg 's next project will be, the filmmaker is adding another incredibly promising project to his potential slate.

In his column earlier this week , the Wall Street Journal 's Bret Stephens laid out his case against Rand Paul becoming the GOP's presidential nominee.

Dale Schultz tells a story he heard about a recent meeting of Republicans in the state's 6th Congressional District.

Meet the new SAT , same as the old SAT, except that the difficult old "SAT words" are headed for the hills.

Editor: There have been several letters to the editor labeling as trivia the expenses accrued over and beyond the designated amount on hotel expenses incurred by Valerie Docherty and George Webster.

Author Dan Guillory is scheduled to give a program of poems, notes and stories at the site's Visitor Center Auditorium on April 26. He is an emeritus professor of English at Millikin University in Decatur and the author of "The Lincoln Poems."

Union military leaders, along with Lincoln himself, realize that ending the rebellion rests on controlling the Mississippi River.

First lady Mary Todd Lincoln once confessed that her "evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season."

Learn about professional responsibility from the law practice of one of Illinois' greatest lawyers, Abraham Lincoln.

Popular culture as reflected in current movies and TV shows is obsessed with visions of a dystopian society following catastrophic events such as a plague , nuclear apocalypse , alien invasion , failed rebellion , and overpopulation .

Two Long Island high school students have been suspended for allegedly bringing a Confederate flag to school.