Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.

1969: Controversial University of Chicago sociology professor Marlene Dixon — who inspired a more than two-week sit-in by ...

The three-term congressman said Trump's ceaseless directives are causing "unnecessary confusion in their failed attempts to improve government efficiencies." ...

The Lake County Council agreed to reallocate $600,000 to hire 12 contracted emergency dispatchers to try to alleviate the workload at the short-staffed 911 center.

Super Bowl LIX is so close you can almost touch it. The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs meet on Sunday night in ...

"I was determined to tell my story directly to the people rather than to funnel it to them through a press account." --Richard Nixon, Six Crises by Dav ...

The high school friends and family members wowed the battle-of-the-bands circuit before recording a highly coveted single on ...

The 15th class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame will be inducted Friday night and headlined by Ricky Rudd and Carl Edwards, drivers ...

Gibbs herself played the Jeffersons' maid, Florence Johnston. At the time a TV novice and mother of three, Gibbs had been working as a reservation agent for United Airlines and figured she'd have a ...

The Astrodome was new then. “The Eighth Wonder of the World” they called it. It was an indoor stadium built in a city that ...

Highlighted by a new SMG, AR, and LMG, the Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 2 Battle Pass feature plenty of new cosmetic items to earn. As for Warzone, Season 2 pushes back new content ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has rescinded a plan for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars after it was temporarily blocked by a federal ...