I never met my Uncle Jamie. He died in 1963, well before I was born. He was my father’s eldest brother. Growing up, my aunts ...

On December 1, 1958, a fire started in the basement of Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago. Within minutes, flames engulfed the building, trapping hundreds of students and teachers. Despite ...

Elgin’s Marklund Wasmond Center, a residential facility and school for people with developmental disabilities in Elgin, has ...

Taylor Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl is officially out, and while it does prove the Grammy award winning ...

Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly was known for sitting on flagpoles on top of buildings. He slept, ate and even used the bathroom on ...

After a prophet’s death, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles leads The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Philadelphia Phillies’ Trea Turner won his second National League batting title with a record-low .304 average. Nico Hoerner ...

On Oct. 4, 1965, Pope Paul VI arrived at Kennedy International Airport in New York on the first visit by a pope to the United States.

After spending most of September on the injured list with a Grade 1 hamstring strain, the Phillies activated shortstop Trea ...

"There’d been a lot of newsworthy events in 1955 before those of us eventually known as Baby Boomers started school." ...

Turner's batting title is reflective of changes in baseball over the years. Turner finished as the only qualified NL hitter ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, Alton Lister was born in Dallas, Texas in 1958. Lister played his college basketball first at with San Jacinto Junior College, where he would be teammates with Oliver ...