Jeff Hamilton, Sam Houston's former enslaved aide, became Temple's first free man of color. He worked at Baylor College and ...

Starting in the summer of 1824, newspaper readers across the still young United States were gripped by nostalgia. Less than ...

President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as ...

A scandalous new docudrama based on America's early presidents may shock history buffs with its unflinching look inside the ...

Louise Hamilton Thomas, 92, died early evening of January 7, 2026, at Halifax Health Hospice in Edgewater, Florida. For the past four years, she resided at The Addison House in Port Orange, Florida.

A Cole County man and woman were arrested Wednesday after a search warrant for narcotics was executed and approximately 6 grams of narcotics were found in Jefferson City, according to a news release.

MANY PEOPLE know the names of the men who created America. Fewer understand them well enough to opine confidently on their legacies. Consider this your cheat sheet. From primers to page-turners, our ...

Three books on history to read this month. Walter Isaacson’s brief book The Greatest Sentence Ever Written marks America’s 250th birthday by considering the Declaration of Independence’s second ...

FAIRFAX, Va. — A Fairfax County native is headed to the Olympics. The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are set to kick off in February in Italy, and Fairfax, Va. native Brandon Kim will be there.

Richard Jefferson’s interview show, "The Richard Show," will be available across NBA social and digital platforms starting Dec. 24 Spencer Fordin, for NBA.com NBA champion Richard Jefferson is ...

Matt and Katie, the parents of Hoke, are grateful their 2-year-old son was rescued by the swift actions of JFRD crews. Parents grateful after JFRD rescues unresponsive 2-year-old son from water Read ...

It's obvious that Justin Jefferson and J.J. McCarthy have yet to develop the rhythm and chemistry that Jefferson had with previous Vikings quarterbacks Kirk Cousins and Sam Darnold, but their ...