On Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt leveraged the Antiquities Act of 1906 to proclaim the Grand Canyon as a ...

The Godfrey depot, located off Pearl Street, was a key hub for the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, serving Alton area ...

As the nation mourns the death of President Jimmy Carter, Steuben County historian Kirk House looks back on the area's past ...

In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon National Monument (it became a national park in 1919). In 1913, the first enclosed sedan-type automobile, a Hudson, went on display at ...

Organizers of the “Medora Musical” have opened auditions for their 60th season. Singers and dancers can submit their tapes ...

The Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society will gather landscaping professionals in Davenport in March for training on how to use native plants and support natural habitats.

Presidents of the United States have led and inspired our nation for centuries, especially in times of trouble. Those were ...

An American aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea, and a Chinese "flattop" concluded a sea trial.

The president-elect promises to rule with robber baron tactics and imperial belligerence—just like his role model, William ...

American politics are a mess. Congress is so tied in knots that it can barely fund the federal government. What's lifesaving ...

In the Nov. 29 edition of The Lufkin Daily News, Gary Hunter wrote a letter to the editor questioning the logic of my comparison of Donald Trump to Teddy Roosevelt ...

Following that group is John Adams, Bill Clinton, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, James K. Polk, George H. W. Bush (20th ...