As part of his effort to shrink government, Trump cut humanities grants that have been used to record and share history for a ...

From the formation of the LDS Church in 1830 to the U.S. entering WWI in 1917, the Titanic's ill-fated voyage in 1912, and the first image of a black hole in 2019.

The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration its first victory this term over the president's bid to freeze teacher training grants.

Whenever the Alton Fire Department purchased a new pumper, the best place to test it out was the riverfront.

Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington.

Economists define efficiency as maximizing an outcome per dollar, or resource spent. Given budget constraints, ...

Hancock County author and retired history teacher Eddie Price recently presented his “Lincoln’s Brown Water Navy” program at ...

In 1869, John A. Campbell was appointed territorial governor by President Ulysses S. Grant.

Have you ever visited a town and felt like you went back in time? Well, certain American towns offer that feeling. They carry ...

What’s the best hotel in Washington, DC? The city, which has long catered to a suit-and-tie traveling crowd, has worked hard in recent years to loosen that reputation and expand its palette beyond the ...

The weather hasn’t been too kind to Perryville after several snowstorms and an ice storm, culminating in a tornado that ...

Remembering Empire” by the Empire Area Heritage Group, Second Edition, 1987. This excerpt features Dorothy Lanham’s visit ...