EDWARDSVILLE - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Police Department has expanded its team with two special recruits ...

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Out of nearly 5,000 “Rosenwald” schools built to educate African American students in the south, approximately 500 remain.

Interestingly, Black Hawk does not mention in his autobiography that he used a boulder as a rostrum in the council area as stated in local lore.

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

The one-year countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is on. IOC president Thomas Bach proclaimed on Thursday, “Italy is ready.” Is it? Italy has ski resorts in abundance and ...

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Could it come to Mississippi or be here already? A group of researchers from the The University of Queensland in Australia have identified a new strain of henipavirus in North America, the first ...

This once-forgotten town is now brimming with historical architecture, arts and entertainment, delicious local food, antiques shopping, and Southern charm.