With Civil War history, ghostly streets, and a tumultuous past, this semi-abandoned riverside Illinois town makes for a ...

Feb. 17 is Presidents Day. A friend and I were talking about presidents when he said that so many of them were senators, representatives or governors and wondered if any ...

There's no conclusive evidence, but a river reputed by some to be the oldest in the world dates back 340 million years.

This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

For the third time, the Delaware River has been named River of the Year. It beat the Youghiogheny River and Perkiomen Creek ...

Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture that extend across the Pacific to near Hawaii. When they hit land they can cause heavy rains and snow. Here’s a look at the phenomenon: What is an ...

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...

The rough Midwest weather in the winter of 1958-59 played a major role in Rock-n-Roll history.

A Florida governor in the early 1900s saw potential for the Everglades land but only if it was drained of its water.

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana State Police arrested three people on more than 30 preliminary charges after a chase in Tippecanoe County. According to a press release, a trooper stopped a ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Avian influenza, commonly called the bird flu, is infecting waterfowl in the Tippecanoe County area, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Dead waterfowl in Gibson ...

The other counties where it was found include Allen, Benton, Hamilton, Newton, Pike, Tippecanoe and Vermillion ... A few Canada geese swim in the St. Joseph River in front of Kamm Island in ...