American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

These people and others with Tennessee ties were initially convicted ... on a felony charge of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder he had pleaded guilty to.

Other popular activities in Memphis include visiting Sun Studio, watching a Memphis Grizzlies game, or going to the National Civil Rights Museum. Located on the Tennessee River ... the atomic bomb was ...

For more than two decades, Finis James Garrett represented a West Tennessee district in Congress ... Pierce had been a Confederate cavalry officer during the Civil War and had something of a spotty ...

Peay was campaigning in East Tennessee, speaking in Johnson City during the last two weeks of July. The governor and his party stopped briefly in Kingsport while traveling ... Tennessee governor since ...

“It’s basically like an Uber-like service for public transit,” Transit Manager Chris Campbell said. KATS will pick a person up at the requested time and take them as directly as possible to ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is working to determine the reason behind a reported stabbing that occurred Wednesday. The SCSO said it responded to a ...

Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...

Night - Cloudy with a 70% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C). Rain with a high of 44 °F (6.7 °C) and a 85% chance of ...

However, there are still “History Happenings” to enjoy in the month of February, including Tipton-Haynes and the Tri-Cities Civil War Round Table.

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...