After more than two decades as an artist, Titus Kaphar has seen art history professors and institutions neglect Black art and ...

Wikimedia Commons/James Akin Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson wrote that Black people were inferior while secretly having six children with his enslaved half-sister-in-law Sally ...

This is part 2 of a two-part series. By Donald R. Serfass dserfass@tnonline.com imon Jefferson had a remarkable story to tell ...

A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s ...

Monticello police say a village man was arrested after allegedly firing a gun on the grounds of Catholic Charities in June.

Jonte Wunner of Monticello was sentenced to 35 years in state prison on Thursday for the murder of 49-year-old Mohammed Poquee in Albany last October, the Albany County District Attorney’s ...

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A man in Wayne County has been charged with attempted murder after officials reported that he was shooting inside a home with his family inside and at a neighbor on Wednesday.

Weyerhaeuser has invested $500 million in its first US TimberStrand facility, which is set to bring about 200 jobs to Monticello, Arkansas.

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Currently under renovation, the former Hardee’s restaurant on North Market Street in Monticello is being used this week during filming of the movie “Chili Finger.” Nora Maberry-Daniels/Piatt ...

A total of 250 employees statewide will be affected. Eagle Healthcare is closing its Monticello office as part of an announcement to permanently shutter its operations statewide.