“Every ship or shore station in the world, if it had 1,000 men or more, rated a chaplain and the band,” Larson said. Larson, a resident of The Holmstad in Batavia, celebrated his 100th ...

Murder, mutiny, slavery: 'World’s worst shipwreck' was bloodier than we thought For hundreds on board, the terrifying 1629 wreck of Batavia was just the beginning.

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Two baby bison were born on Monday to the herd at Fermilab in Batavia, officials with the lab said. “One of the most exciting moments is when a calf takes its first steps,” Cleo Garcia ...

Finding the island bereft of fresh water, the Batavia ’s captain, Francisco Pelsaert, set out to sea in a small boat to seek help. During the captain’s absence, Jeronimus Cornelisz, the ship’s junior ...

Cleanup begins after severe weather hits Batavia, Illinois Sunday's storms in Batavia left trees and power lines down, with street after street without power.

Two pedestrians were hit by cars near Kirk Road and East Wilson Street in Batavia in February, according to Batavia police.

On June 4, 1629, the Batavia, a merchant ship owned by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), wrecked near a small coral island (now called Beacon Island) off Australia’s western coast.

Marine archaeologists create a haunting digital reconstruction of the Batavia using Dutch models and photos of the wreck site off the coast of Western Australia.

The damage that the ship sustained caused it to have to be beached for seven weeks before setting sail to Batavia in 1770.