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Local
3 days ago
New ALPLM acquisition details Lincoln’s dry-goods purchases

New clothes would “shed the image of the rough-and-tumble frontiersman and adopt a more formal personage.”

Chris Webster, grand marshal, waves from the back of the convertible he was sitting in during the Springfield Veterans Day parade Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
Local
4 days ago
Camp Butler director honored at Springfield Veterans Day parade

Chris Webster has spent his entire career serving others.

Local
4 days ago
Happy 100th birthday, Route 66!

Martin says Route 66 is the opposite of an interstate.

Sgt. Maj. Lester Edwards (Retired) speaks with WTAX.
Local
6 days ago
IL National Guardsmen remember 2013 attack on FOB Ghazni

The incident is the subject of a new documentary.

Michael Asfaw, left in blue, was one of 26 people to take oaths in order to become naturalized U.S. citizens during a ceremony Friday, November 6, at the Old State Capitol in Springfield.
Local
1 week ago
26 new U.S. citizens take their oaths Friday in Springfield

26 people took oaths to become American citizens Friday.

FILE - This copy of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Local
1 week ago
Gettysburg Address to return to display at ALPLM this month

The copy has been state property since the 1940’s.

This combination of photos shows Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds, left, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, in Fort Myers, Fla., and Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms, right, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in Smyrna, Ga. (AP Photo)
National
1 week ago
Midterms launch wave of historic firsts for some states — and for the nation

Nearly 300 women, including incumbents, were running for the U.S. Senate and House, as documented by Rutgers’ Center for American Women and Politics.

Crews continue to work on demolition of the former Pillsbury plant, including the headhouse, on October 29, 2026.
Local
2 weeks ago
Active demolition of the Springfield Pillsbury plant is continuing

The tallest building in Springfield to come down.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Fall Guide
1 month ago
‘Abe’s Haunted Hollow’ coming to ALPLM

Free Halloween fun and frights on Oct. 24.

Sacramento, CA, U.S.A. - FEB. 13, 2024: A woman drums and sings during a song at the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day of Action at the state capitol.
Local
1 month ago
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Illinois laws lifting up Native Americans

Human remains protection, cultural graduation attire and Native American history curriculum.

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