1682 – Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France. 1770 – Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 1833 – Peterborough, NH, ...

President Trump today is calling for lawmakers in Congress to "push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day" in a new post ...

A 1868 lithograph from the Library of Congress depicts Alton's riverfront, featuring City Hall and the Chicago & Alton ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other prominent civil rights leaders led a defining moment in the civil rights movement, emphasizing the urgent need for systemic change, powered by a rally that drew ...

Kenneth B. Morris Jr.’s family treasures have always been American treasures. Morris, 62, is the great-great-great-grandson of abolitionist and orator, Frederick Douglass, and great-great-grandson of ...

WASHINGTON – As President Donald Trump tries to turn his global trade war into a one-on-one showdown with China, he is ...

ITTA BENA-From humble beginnings in 1950 to now, Mississippi Valley State University has stood tall for 75 years-and on this ...

From a trio of plant sales to Free Family Day at the Stax Museum to the Time Warp Drive-In, here are some spring events to ...