JONESBORO, Ill. (KFVS) - The Heartland is steeped in history, and one moment that occurred almost exactly 167 years ago serves as a prime example. In 1858, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas engaged ...

Lincoln and incumbent senator Douglas squared off, of course, in the most famous debates in American history. The Illinois encounters would reshape the nation's bitter argument over slavery, transform ...

Dr. Erik Alexander discusses the 1858 Lincoln Douglas Debates in Alton at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's free ...

MARION, Ind. — Democratic rivals and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary battle as she issued a new debate challenge and he complained of ...

The top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate. Every year, the top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate ...

QUINCY — The next History Happy Hour hosted by the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum, 128 N. Fifth St. in Quincy, will be held at 5:30 p.m. on June 19. Dr. Steve Belko from John Wood Community College ...

This fall, Racine Heritage Museum is sponsoring a five-session course on the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Lincoln scholar, engaging speaker and museum board member Steven Rogstad is bringing his popular ...

MARION, Ind. -- Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary battle as she issued a new debate challenge and he ...

Obama aide says it’s more important for candidates to talk directly to the voters. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during a rally in South Bend, Ind., Saturday. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ...