1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (390+ words) So, it is natural that at least some residents and visitors have an affection for the man and an interest in new publications about aspects of his life and career. Jesse Derber's Abraham Lincoln, Statesman Historian is not another cradle-to-grave…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (105+ words) New exhibit features Pillsbury artifacts'Illinois Times Springfield Pillsbury Plant " The Early Years 1929-1949 This article appears in March 5-11, 2026. Illinois Times has provided readers with independent journalism for almost 50 years, from news and politics to arts and culture. Got something to say?...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (243+ words) Abraham Lincoln Long Nine Museum Open House Fri. , Feb. 13, 1-5 p. m. 200 S. Main St. , Athens Celebrate Abraham Lincoln's 217th birthday and his enduring legacy by attending this open house at the Abraham Lincoln Long Nine Museum. The museum is located inside the historic Col....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (198+ words) Vice Adm. Nils Ronald Thunman was born in 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Swedish immigrants who moved to Springfield in 1939. His father, who dearly loved his adopted country, became an engineer, helping to build several of Springfield's most important…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (266+ words) When I finished reading the preface to Stacy Lynn's Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life and Legacy, I was in tears. She had precisely nailed the types of demeaning and painful incidents experienced by…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (622+ words) Taylor Pensoneau was an Illinois Statehouse reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1965-78, and remembers Filo from the pressroom." "John was a gentle sort of guy," said Pensoneau." "He was a big man physically but soft-spoken, and quite modest. He…...