For Chicago jazz listeners, Presidents’ Day arrives Thursday.

The spirit of Abraham Lincoln has hovered in the hills of Southern Indiana, where he lived from 1816 until 1830, for nearly 200 years. In June, that spirit walked onto the stage of the newly reopened Lincoln Amphitheatre.

A country home on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., provided a respite and a summer getaway for a president mired in the Civil War.

A fire that destroyed two dozen golf carts at Catta Verdera Country Club in Lincoln is under investigation.
The fire was reported Thursday by several people at about 2 p.m. When Lincoln firefighters arrived, they found a large building and an estimated 24 golf carts inside on fire.
In addition, 1,000 pounds of fertilizer caught on fire, officials said.
Lincoln firefighters poured water on the structure and other firefighters fought a nearby grassfire. Firefighters were able to keep adjacent structure damage to a minimum, fire officials said.
Damage to the cart storage building and the golf carts was estimated at more than $250,000. Firefighters from throughout Placer County responded to the fire.

A bankrupt dog track and slot parlor in Lincoln remains uncertain about the future of greyhound racing.

The Deringer pistol used by John Wilkes Booth to kill President Lincoln is still on view, along with the 16th president’s boots and blood-stained suit. These artifacts remain the most potent objects in the museum at Ford’s Theatre, but they no longer hog the spotlight. After a $3.5 million renovation, the basement venue reopens to the public Wednesday with exhibits concentrated on Lincoln’s presidency rather than his assassination. The overhaul of the 1980s museum follows the $22 million remodeling of Ford’s Theatre, which reopened in February to mark the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth. For anyone who wants to brush up …

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Lincoln National Corp. said Friday it has completed its $2.1 billion capital-raising plan, including the issuing of $950 million of preferred shares to get federal bailout funds.

Lincoln National Corp. said Friday it has completed its $2.1 billion capital-raising plan including the issuing of $950 million of preferred shares to get federal bailout funds.

Lincoln National Corp. said Friday it has completed its $2.1 billion capital-raising plan including the issuing of $950 million of preferred shares to get federal bailout funds.

Well, no, but “Young Mr. Lincoln,” the 1939 movie directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Lincoln (Fonda reportedly wore shoe lifts to appear taller) was filmed in Sacramento.