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Sunday Afternoon News Roundup
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (600+ words) The approximately four-week project will add curb ramps, a protected bike lane, sidewalk extensions and traffic islands to improve safety for people walking and biking through the area. Work will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding Labor Day,…...
250 Years Ago: Late August 1776 dispatch
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (55+ words) MANHATTAN, Kan. – Many gardeners plant tomatoes, and while m… COLUMBIA, Mo. – High temperatures and high humidity coincidi… Filed under seal, via courier, from a position near New York City. Congress has come up with a military and psychological tactic. I…...
Trailblazer Dr. Gillette receives statue near her Schenectady practice
1+ hour ago (554+ words) Schenectady native Cora Schroeter peers at a statue of Dr. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Gillette moments after it is unveiled on Friday, Aug. 21. Schroeter was one of the proponents for a Schenectady statue of a woman. Dexter Benedict created the statue....
No, Thomas Edison's 'Eureka!' Light Bulb Moment Wasn't While Fishing In Wyoming
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (1414+ words) Legend has it that Thomas Edison's "Eureka!" electric light bulb moment came from a burning pole while fishing at Battle Lake in Wyoming in 1878. There's even a historical marker at the site. But Wyoming historian Phil Roberts says the story…...
Coles County Historical Marker for Tuskegee Airman Unveiled Tuesday - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (422+ words) Coles County Historical Marker for Tuskegee Airman Unveiled Tuesday thexradio.com News Main Top Ads News Sidebar Top Tablet Ads 1 News Sidebar Bottom Tablet Ads 2 News Sidebar Smartphone Ads Coles County Historical Marker for Tuskegee Airman Unveiled Tuesday Published on…...
Ottawa native's ancestor fought with General George Washington
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (70+ words) starvedrock.media Ottawa's Debate Days parade brought history down the main street Sunday Seventy units participated and the crowd was large and appreciative In the crowd, 103-9 WLPO found Ottawa native Diana Getch, who told us about one of the nine…...
Museum lecture discusses early California colonization
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (869+ words) Junípero Serra: California, Indians, and the Transformation of a Missionary, written and translated by Santa Clara University professors Robert Senkewicz and Rose Marie Beebe. In 2026, the United States celebrates 250 years since the country’s founding. However, as of 1776, large portions of…...
Today in History: Today is Sunday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2026.
8+ hour, 28+ min ago (424+ words) On Aug. 23, 1970, the Salad Bowl strike began, organized by farm labor leader Cesar Chavez; between 5,000 to 10,000 laborers walked off the job, leading to the largest farmworker strike in U.S. history. In 1305, Scottish rebel leader Sir William Wallace was executed by the…...
Yorkville American Legion Post launches campaign to restore veterans monument
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (269+ words) Yorkville American Legion Post 489 Color Guard leads the Yorkville Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024 in Yorkville. (Julie Walker for Shaw Local News Network) The Yorkville American Legion Post 489 has launched “Light the Flame,” a community fundraising campaign to restore…...
Historian Kent Seavey has dedicated his life to preserving the past.
10+ hour, 7+ min ago (185+ words) The dining room of Kent Seavey’s Pacific Grove home serves as his office. At 86, he’s still working as a historic preservationist consultant. Sometimes as journalists we interview someone and realize we’re never going to be able to convey that person’s…...