One hundred sixty years ago this week, the nation was in mourning following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Karen Stone of Fredericksburg has written a book about the Black Diamond disaster, a forgotten tragedy on the Potomac River ...

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia that day to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at a home in ...

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train in the west Chicago suburb of Westmont Tuesday evening. The Westmont Fire ...

List of fair premiums shared newspaper space with Lincoln's death and an announcement of a circus coming to town.

Those involved in unleashed political fighting today should learn from this end-of-war, Easter season moment from York ...

WESTMONT, Ill. (WLS) -- A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train in the west suburbs on Tuesday evening, fire officials said. The Westmont Fire Department responded to the scene near the ...