Fireworks explode over Riverfront Park on July 4, 2017. (JESSE TINSLEY/The Spokesman-Review) Whether you celebrate July Fourth by putting out your flag, donning red, white and blue underwear or ...

During the Scopes Trial over teaching evolution in public school, modern science clashed with religion. Its effects helped ...

Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

Sitting on the reference stacks at the Charlie Clark Center for Local History at Arlington Central Library are five thick, ...

Ludlow, Colorado, 1914: eleven thousand mine workers had been on strike for seven months against John D. Rockefeller’s ...

The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

West Virginia v. B.P.J. will only be the third West Virginia case to be heard in the Supreme Court in the last 100 years.

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in pristine condition. “I was ...

People are approaching this Independence Day with mixed feelings. Polls show declining national pride, especially among ...

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...