They have penned a new book that links the county to daring escapes, challenges to the Fugitive Slave Act, and a Supreme ...

The eateries that open initially will be limited to warming food, rather than cooking it, because of ventilation restrictions ...

Oil and gas commissioners overruled the recommendations of technical staff, authorizing an oilfield waste site in Paxton, ...

Black history touches every aspect of American history, culture and society. In celebration of Black History Month, Harper ...

Mifflin Farm, a 79-acre site in Wrightsville, has a lot of history. The Farm includes the Mifflin House, which housed enslaved people traveling to freedom on the Underground Railroad. It also was the ...

West Virginia Wesleyan College’s planetarium will host two free shows as part of Black History Month, giving a glimpse at space from a unique perspective inside the Christopher Hall of Science. On ...

The Department of Conservancy and Natural Resources is sharing a piece of history with the public for the first time this ...

February is Black History Month, and to honor the occasion, we have put together some of the best Black History museums in the country. Make no mistake, each one of these museums ...

"Freedom seekers, they would come down in here. It will be pitch dark down here. You didn't know who was friend or foe." ...

Abolitionist Rev. Jermain Loguen called Syracuse's Jerry Rescue of 1851 “earthquake voice through the land” against slavery.

An up and coming Underground Railroad and Civil War interpretive site, the Mifflin farmstead in Hellam Township observed Black History Month Feb. 6, 2025 with notables gathering in spite of the icy ...