The penny, which costs more to make than it's worth, will be going away. That's a shocking reversal of government policy. Usually, the government doesn't stop producing anything that's overpriced or ...

After more than 200 years, the U.S. bids adieu to the penny, citing high production costs and shifting economic practices.

Traveling Route 66? One of the first stops to make is in Springfield, Illinois. With so much to see, do, and taste, there are ...

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

Markets cycle back and forth between periods of calm and periods of heightened volatility, usually when investors have been ...

A trove of historic artifacts and memorabilia associated with President Abraham Lincoln were auctioned off for nearly $8 ...

Depending on the year, mint and condition, a Lincoln Wheat penny can be valued from several hundred to millions of dollars.

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives and headed to the Senate ...

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners will consider accepting the resignation of Commissioner Bill Henry at Monday’s regular meeting. Henry announced on Friday he would be resigning his ...

As we think on Memorial Day, it is sobering to recognize that today’s young people are unlikely to respond as enthusiastically to a call to serve their country as members ...

The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.