Now in its ninth year, the festival has grown into one of the largest summer events in Morton County, drawing thousands of ...

The hills of New Salem will be alive with the sound of country music as the annual ND Country Fest kicks off on Wednesday.

A man is facing several charges after a high-speed police pursuit that started in Massachusetts and ended over the border in ...

In New Salem, Lincoln encountered the religious and the atheist, the learned and the illiterate. It's where he ran a store into bankruptcy, went off to war, served as postmaster, ...

SALEM -- What were once two crumbling buildings towering over the heart of downtown Salem have gained a new life. On Friday, officials gathered to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the ...

New Salem was largely abandoned by 1840, but reconstructed in the 1930s. Nearly 360,000 people visited New Salem in 2024. As Illinois Department of Transportation crews do roadwork nearby on ...