Background records of police recruits in Illinois must be available to a prospective employer under a new law in response to last summer's shooting death of Sonya Massey. Massey was ...

NORMAL — A parking ban is scheduled to begin on Hoover Drive and Truman Drive at 7 a.m. Wednesday for pavement repairs.

The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has formally objected to a plan by Pilot Water Solutions LLC to drill three new saltwater disposal wells in the Permian Basin, warning the project could contaminate ...

The year's lineup has not been officially released for the October event, but the festival chair offered a sneak peak.

A new exhibition across three historic sites in Albany is bringing overdue recognition to a life that helped shape the city’s 19th-century Black community. The World of James Knapp, curated by ...

CeeCee: Underground Railroad Cinderella Shana Keller, illus. by Laura Freeman. Charlesbridge, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-623-54389-1 ...

Donald Trump’s latest tirade against a prominent Black media figure is drawing fresh scrutiny of his long-documented history of racist behavior. In a Truth Social post, the former president called ...

There’s a place in Hanoverton, Ohio where soup transcends mere sustenance and becomes a life-altering experience that will haunt your taste buds for weeks. The Spread Eagle Tavern & Inn serves a ...

Some restaurants serve food, others serve history. The Spread Eagle Tavern & Inn serves both with equal mastery, making it worth every mile of the journey to experience the Midwest’s finest Beef ...

I may very well be the last person on the literate planet to get wise to BookBub, the over-the-Internet purveyor of (mostly) ...

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