Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Lincoln High School's latest play, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," tells the story of six quirky kids who ...

Robert Donaldson was born Oct. 13, 1828, in Perry County, Ohio. He was the son of Thomas Donaldson and Nancy Saffer Donaldson. Both natives of Virginia, Thomas and Nancy immigrated to Ohio in 1823 ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

It represented the best of the community in 1913 when a church was involved in fundraising for repairs to its building after ...

Feb. 15, Hancock County Historical Society quarterly meeting will host Reg Ankrum, a resident of Quincy, speaking on “The Statehood of Illinois and County Formation.” He is a ...

The film, discovered last summer in a basement archive, sheds light on early 20th century depictions of the Civil War and the ...

A new border between Lincoln County and Catawba County will be official February 2, but not without objections from some current Lincoln County residents. The new border shifts south, giving ...

For a family with ties to George Washington and a tangled web of businesses, very little remains in Nebraska to help others ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

The Lincoln County Genealogical Society will host “Civil War Field Medicine” presentation at its monthly meeting on Saturday, ...

Our first history program of the year will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m., at the Vernon County History Center in ...