This Thursday, June 19, admission to every U.S. national park is completely free. Part of the National Park Service’s 2025 "Fee-Free Days" program, the NPS will honor Juneteenth National Independence ...

Here in San Antonio, City Hall and most municipal offices will be closed in observance of Juneteenth. However, public safety ...

Juneteenth, short for June 19th, commemorates the day the last remaining enslaved people in the U.S. — in Galveston, Texas — ...

SUGAR LAND, Texas — The lives of 95 convict laborers forced to work on Fort Bend County plantations after the Civil War will be forever memorialized historical marker telling their story. Their ...

In honor of Juneteenth, the Black Information Network (BIN) will present a special edition of its signature public affairs program, The Black Perspective. The one-hour broadcast, titled "Juneteenth: A ...

Houston remains one of the more affordable major cities in the U.S., but a new report suggests that status is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.

(KNSI) – Thursday marks Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating when enslaved people in Texas learned of their freedom in 1865.

Thursday marks the fourth year for recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday, and the community is already joining hands to celebrate the day of freedom.

Several events are being held in the Houston area to commemorate the day slaves in Galveston learned that they had been freed.

It may be a new federally recognized holiday, but the roots of Juneteenth date back to 1865. Here’s how some Arizonans are ...

Just 50 miles from Galveston Island, two community leaders are carrying the torch of freedom through affordable housing, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, commemorates the day on June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced ...