Lincoln

The image is haunting, depicting a gaunt-faced man with a familiar beard, staring ahead lifelessly. The right eye is bulging and appears disfigured from an unseen wound. Some experts believe the man is Abraham Lincoln, captured hours after the nation’s beloved 16th president succumbed to an assassin’s bullet on April 15, 1865, a heretofore unknown photo of incalculable emotional and…

Ander Christensen, of Lincoln, Nebraska, made a plea to the Lincoln City Council to rename boneless chicken wings because they are not, in fact, wings from a chicken.

The fire chief of the central Illinois city of Lincoln apologized Thursday for sharing a social media post that asserted supporters of President Donald Trump would blow the heads off looters.

A small plane crashed along Interstate 55 in central Illinois Tuesday, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and shutting down part of the roadway.

Illinois State Police have identified three men killed when their plane crashed onto Interstate 55 near Lincoln on Tuesday morning. According to state police, the pilot, identified as Mitchell Janssen, 22, of Princeville, was killed in the crash. Two other passengers, 33-year-old Matthew Hanson of Pulaski, Wisconsin and 30-year-old Kevin Chapman of Urbana, Illinois, were also killed in the crash….

Three people were killed when a small plane crashed along Interstate 55 in central Illinois Tuesday, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and shutting down part of the roadway. According to Illinois State Police, the airplane crashed around 8:49 a.m. on I-55 at milepost 126 in Lincoln. “The plane became fully engulfed upon impact in the middle of the…

Murders reported last month in Chicago were down from November 2018, according to statistics released by Chicago police.

Can’t wait for the release of “Frozen 2” on Nov. 22? Well, you can wet your appetite just a little now courtesy of ‘Anna’ aka Kristen Bell herself.

A 29-year-old man was charged Sunday in connection with an incident where he allegedly crashed into into a ride-share vehicle in Goose Island, stole it and then crashed it again in Greektown. Mohammed Jadrawi, of Oak Lawn, faces a felony count of being in possession of a stolen vehicle as well as misdemeanor counts of aggravated assault with a deadly...

A person is in custody after driving into a ride-share vehicle in Goose Island, stealing it and then crashing it again in Greektown.

Having played nearly every corner of the Earth in a nearly 50-year career, the rock band Kiss is taking its show to a new place — under the sea, where they will perform for great white sharks and eight fans separated from them by a small submarine. As part of a promotion by Airbnb, the fans and Kiss will travel...

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s kids have all the insider details on Disney’s upcoming (and highly-anticipated) “Frozen 2” film. She and her husband’s little nuggets, 4-year-old Delta and 6-year-old Lincoln, “know everything” about the animated sequel, which doesn’t hit theaters for a few more months. Speaking to E! News at Disney’s D23 Expo, the “Veronica Mars” star revealed that while...

Already thinking of the holiday spirit? Although it feels like summer just descended upon the Windy City, Lincoln Park Zoo’s highly-anticipated holiday tradition couldn’t hold their horses in announcing the return of the popular ZooLights display.

A transgender woman who was battling the Illinois Department of Corrections over alleged abuse while she was incarcerated has been released from prison, officials said Tuesday.

Jurors will be allowed to hear what a Mississippi man told a reporter on video as he was arrested in the shooting deaths of eight people. A judge ruled that Willie Cory Godbolt’s statements — including saying “I’m sorry” that a deputy was killed — will be admissible at his trial in February, the Daily Leader reported. Godbolt, now 37,...

Country music star Granger Smith and his wife, Amber, have opened up about the final moments with their son before his tragic drowning earlier this month. In an emotional new video, the couple spoke about trying to find meaning in the death of their son, River Kelly, 3, who died after falling into the pool at their Texas home. Smith...

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States. For hundreds of thousands of African-Americans stuck in pretrial detention – accused but not convicted of a crime, and unable to leave because of bail – that promise remains unfulfilled. And coming immediately after Father’s Day, it’s also a reminder of the loss...

Friday marks Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States and the birthday of the U.S. Army.

Two sisters, in matching turquoise shirts and pink pants, hugged and played in the parking lot Thursday night, safe in their aunt and uncle’s arms after a stranger stole the family car with the girls in the back seat.