Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in history, played at W.J. Reeder & Son's shoe repair shop in Upper Alton as a child.

Today is Saturday, April 26, the 116th day of 2025. There are 249 days left in the year.

This is the second day in a row first lady Melania Trump visited Capitol Hill. Yesterday, she lobbied for the bipartisan “Take It Down Act” along with Sen. Ted Cruz, House Speaker Mike Johnson ...

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1966: An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On the same day, the International Olympic Committee votes to award German city of Munich the right to host the 1972 Summer Olympic ...