Four Kansas counties bear the names of leaders in the battle to preserve slavery while a Kansas school district has the name ...

Confederate forces burned Pinhook Bridge twice in 1863 during two separate Civil War battles in Lafayette. Today, most ...

The National Register of Historic Places was created in 1966 as a way to preserve America's historical resources.

The riverfront itself is a natural amenity that offers endless free entertainment – watching the barges push their way up and down the Mississippi, observing the birds and wildlife, or simply sitting ...

Two buildings in the John R. Lynch Street Civil Rights Historic District in Jackson — the M. W. Stringer Grand Lodge, home to ...

Here’s what really makes Vicksburg feel like a living postcard: the light. Something about the way sunlight hits this town – filtered through ancient oaks, reflecting off the river, glowing on brick ...

Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and his Rebels teammates have been saying for weeks that they have the chemistry, ...

The pending Supreme Court decision threatens to gut section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and minority representation nationwide ...

The visitor’s gallery in the U.S. Senate was crowded that April morning as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court swore in ...

With Trinidad Chambliss making stunning plays at pivotal moments, Mississippi is doing fine without Lane Kiffin.

For the next year, Mississippi will take part in America250, a variety of projects, initiatives and programming aimed at ...

On New Year’s Day 1863, the Confederacy managed to break the Union blockade choking its ports by capturing Galveston, Texas.