Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem. The tiny central Illinois village, ...

PETERSBURG, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Capital Development Board announced $8 million for improvements to Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) and Rep. Wayne Rosenthal (R-Morrisonville) hope to pass several plans this spring to save the Lincoln's New Salem state historic site. The ...

SALEM, Ill. (KTVI) – A body was exhumed in Salem, Illinois, on Thursday in hopes of identifying the remains of a train wreck victim who died in 1971. “It’s one of those things you remember, like the ...

PETERSBURG, Ill. — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln had New Salem. The tiny central ...