"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

A new course in the Graduate School of Education is bringing an innovative approach to teaching Black history to educators by ...

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Families can learn how BWMC can help high school students graduate with a high school diploma and a free associate degree.

MPS has named three finalists for its next superintendent. The board hopes to make its choice by late February or early March ...

Coach Jessie Heard, Football and Desegregation,” will be screened Feb. 18 at the Cade Museum in downtown Gainesville.

A snowmobile racer hailing from Hutchinson has made the history books while competing at the sport’s highest level. Blaine Stephenson, 24-year-old Hutchinson High School graduate, won his ...

Yale student groups organized the event on Saturday as part of a larger push to raise $34,100 for a family in Gaza.

Chef Becki Melvie, a 1999 graduate of Litchfield High School, has turned her passion for food into a career. A trained chef, she and her husband, Travis, are owners of Abundant Kitchen, a ...

More Jefferson County Public Schools students will get a chance to earn dual college credits before they graduate from high school.

From Friday, January 24 until Sunday, January 26, Hub101 took part in an international event, the Global Game Jam. About one dozen students and community members participated and created games around ...

A team of alumni, administrators and designers ensured that segregated Old Anderson, the pride of the East Side, would be ...