The fair's coming to town! Yes, the Illinois State Fair will return to the state capital of Springfield —about 200 miles from Chicago— for its 2025 edition from Thursday, August 7 to Sunday, August 17 ...

Jackson and seven other members of the 1919 White Sox were permanently banned from baseball, accused of taking bribes from ...

The remarkable success of the movie “Sinners” has sparked a renewed interest in how the two communities wrestled with life ...

A genealogist hopes when the pope will stop in New Orleans when he comes to the U.S.: "We have to have a second-line. We have ...

As Malcolm X's 100th birthday approaches next Monday, Black advocates are seeking to uplift his mother’s legacy through a ...

Nashville based blues-infused Southern rockers Parker Barrow bring their high-energy show to Nottingham this summer.

Two of the three Carolina Chocolate Drops reunite on this exciting release with their fiddle and banjo in the spotlight. Many ...

Tired of being boxed in creatively, in 1980 Cher tried life as a singer in the short-lived rock band Black Rose. Her attempt ...

While the Tuskegee Airmen have become icons in the history of American aviation, fewer people know the story of Bessie ...

The Illinois State Fair has announced its final grandstand headliner for the popular summer event. Country star Jake Owen was ...

A four-leaf clover? Rare. An avocado that’s perfectly ripe, right when you want to eat it? Also rare! True love? Perhaps the rarest of all. But things that are a dime a dozen? Oh, they’re ...