In honor of the legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Annual Memorial Program will be held at 6 p.m. April 3 at the King Monument Plaza, corner of South  Ashley Street and Martin Luther ...

At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...

The News-Democrat has contacted candidates in township races in the April 1 election and asked them to complete a detailed questionnaire. Here’s what they have to say.

Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

My schedule has been erratic this winter while I deal with some of that real-world stuff, which I’ll have some more to say about it in a near-future newsletter or column. Meanwhile, the fight for a ...

On Feb. 27, second grade students in Mallory Courtney’s class at Slaughter Elementary School learned about the life and work ...

Today is Monday, March 10, the 69th day of 2025. There are 296 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 10, 1959, thousands of Tibetans rebelled against occupying Chinese forces, surrounding ...

There was shockingly low voter turnout for the 2025 Cook County races, even though local government has a greater impact on citizens than federal.

There’s no proven strategy for picking Powerball numbers — it’s (quite literally) the luck of the draw. Repeat numbers occur more often than you think ...

Nine locations in Champaign County received less than satisfactory food inspections in the last seven days — including one ...

Pulaski Day festivities at Chicago's Polish Museum of America honored the "Father of American Cavalry," 280 years after his ...