In order to understand Memorial Day, one must know what it is. Memorial Day is described by the U.S. Department of Veterans ...

The Springfield Thunderbirds and the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office presented a $5,000 donation to the YWCA of Western ...

The ball is slowly starting to roll on the Springfield Town Center development plans as a portion of the parking lot was cordoned off and filled with construction materials for the new development ...

As the Supreme Court prepares for oral argument on Tuesday next week in Wolford v. Lopez, it should consider resolving the relevant time period for interpreting the scope of the Second Amendment. The ...

On Christmas Day in 1868, President Andrew Johnson issued a sweeping amnesty to former Confederate officials and soldiers, ending legal consequences for those who rebelled against the United States.

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Even 50 years into his career, Rick Springfield dreams in music. The title track of his first new studio album since 2018, “Automatic,” seeped into his brain at 3 a.m., prompting Springfield to get up ...

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During the total solar eclipse of Aug. 18, 1868, two astronomers, Pierre Jules César Janssen of France and J. Norman Lockyer of England, each independently discovered a new line in the Sun’s spectrum.

This article originally appeared in the RGJ on May 9, 2018, the 150th anniversary of Reno's founding. On May 9, 1868, more than 1,000 individuals from Virginia City to San Francisco were present in ...

SPRINGFIELD — A rare antique rifle, one of only four of its kind manufactured at the Springfield Armory, is back in the hands of the U.S. government, according to court documents unsealed this week.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — "We are seeing the dismantling of our postal service right before our very eyes, and we just cannot allow that to happen," Senator Doris Turner stated Sunday afternoon at ...