Lincoln

An investor purchased the property with the intention to offer businesses $1 leases. Nonprofits looking to expand can operate from one of five campus buildings for free.

During a media appearance Tuesday in Bloomington, Pritzker said he's the most pro-economic development governor since Jim Thompson, who left office in 1991. He plans to work with Logan County officials to address state properties where industry has left, including the pending closure of Logan Correctional Center.

Mayor Tracy Welch wants to see the women's prison site remediated, unlike what happened two decades ago at the 100-acre Lincoln Developmental Center site. It's part of the City of Lincoln's multi-pronged strategy boosting economic development in the Logan County seat.

The Illinois Department of Corrections announced Friday it is officially closing the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln and will relocate the 800-bed facility to Crest Hill in Will County.

Former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has reduced the 75-year prison sentence for a central Illinois man convicted in 1996 of fatally shooting his…

A small aircraft has made an emergency landing on the northbound lanes of Interstate-55 just north of Lincoln.Illinois State Police are on the scene…

Lincoln’s historic rail depot renovation is garnering statewide recognition. The Illinois chapter of the American Public Works Association says the…

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation to change the climate for women in Illinois prisons.The measure Rauner signed at the Logan Correctional Center in…

A new $3.7 million train station has opened in southern Illinois.The station in Carlinville now has a heated and air-conditioned waiting room, free…

A building that was once the longtime home to a Lincoln restaurant is now a museum celebrating the city's links to Route 66. Gov. Bruce Rauner and state…