Vote for the best boat tour once per day until polls close on March 13 at noon ET. The 10 winners will be announced on March ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with his cousin and best friend Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the ...

Located across the Chicago River from the northwest corner of the ... somewhere in its 150-year-long history, the population of the Lower West Side shifted; today, the area comprises vintage ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the tragedy today.

Arctic cold outbreaks can seem to blend together in the pages of history. But in mid-February, 1899, 126 years ago this week, ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

February 14th is a date often associated with love and romance due to the celebration of Valentine's Day. However, the day ...

The free celebration, in honor of Black History Month, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. February 21 at First Reformed Church.

State Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) issued a public statement in response to the guilty verdicts announced Feb. 12 in the ...

Abdullatif Ahmed recalls his journey from Yemen to working on the icy waters of the Great Lakes, where Yemeni sailors shaped the region’s maritime history.

A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy ...

Where Dreams Are Painted and Songs Echo New York City is nothing short of an artistic mecca. As soon as you walk its bustling streets, you’re greeted by towering skyscrapers that tell stories of ...