It’s a comfort to remember that the virtues he embodied are fundamentally American.

The Lancaster County Election Commissioner’s office has begun mailing early vote ballots for the May 6 city general election ...

The Lancaster County Election Commissioner’s Office has begun mailing early vote ballots for the Lincoln General Election on May 6.

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

April 14 is the 160th anniversary of the assassination of Lincoln. What if John Wilkes Booth had chosen reconciliation over ...

The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.

It seems like a new biography of President Abraham Lincoln comes out every few years, trying to discern new perspectives of ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. — Missouri voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, April 8, for the 2025 general municipal election. From local leadership races to key ballot measures, the election will ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Pinkerton agent Kate Warne saved Abraham Lincoln’s life in the first known attempt on it and was hailed as “the greatest detective in America, and possibly the world.” He started working at ...

Democrats argue he's prolonging the vacancy due to the GOP's slim majority. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a proclamation Monday afternoon that the special election to fill the seat vacated ...