Staff photo / Preston Byers Springfield’s Olivia Zitkovic, left, battles for the ball with Salem’s Karlie Sampson during Monday’s 2-2 tie in New Middletown. NEW MIDDLETOWN — For both Springfield and ...

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, ...

Abraham Lincoln lived in New Salem from 1831 to 1837 before moving to Springfield. New Salem was largely abandoned by 1840, but reconstructed in the 1930s. Nearly 360,000 people visited New Salem 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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — As state lawmakers work in the Capitol this spring, buildings and bridges at the historic Lincoln's New Salem site continue to fall apart. WAND News took a trip to New Salem ...

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 ...