It began as a low hum on the horizon, barely perceptible. Then a pulsing rhythm rose from the river — the brass and beat of a live band drifting through the humid summer air. The Capitol was coming.
Two hundred years ago, the Erie Canal was often derided as a ‘folly.’ Yet the waterway went on to transform the American ...
The Keys of Inspiration program partners with Title I schools to bring state of the art piano labs to underserved communities ...
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C AMANCHE, Iowa (KWQC) - The Camanche Public Library, nestled on the banks of the Mississippi River, has been a long-time ...
From left, Eva Marie Saint, Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor stand on the cast iron steps fronting Windsor Ruins near ...
Gentry brought that one, along with “Mississippi Delta,” to Capitol Records, which officially signed her on June 23, 1967. “Ode to Billie Joe” is a sparse, half-spoken recounting of the suicide of ...
Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & The Wild Magnolias release the new album 'Chip Off the Old Block' on June 13. As the son of ...
The first balloons rose above Natchez in 1986. The festival’s beginnings can be traced back to a few determined visionaries ...
Illinois' forgotten gems of Route 66 attract travelers worldwide ...
But this year, not so much. Primarily driven by President Donald Trump's recurring, possibly joking comments about annexing ...
The mighty ship, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Our reporter spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter that survived the storm.