By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2025. There are 336 days left in the year. Today in ...

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Alton's riverfront commerce paused as the Mississippi froze, making ice cutting a vital ...

Fame is achieved by the exceptional, by the accomplished, by the exceptionally accomplished … or by pure dumb luck (or lack thereof). Fame is bestowed upon humankind by humankind, which is to say, it ...

On Feb. 2, 1848, the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe ...

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1891, following the death of her brother Kalākaua ... inductees of baseball’s Hall of Fame — Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson — were named in ...

300 batting average and 500 stolen bases (Cobb, Collins, Honus Wagner and Paul Molitor are the ... Those observations were made of Keeler upon his death in 1923, by John McGraw and John Heydler ...

Reverend Doctor Walter H. Wagner, 89, formerly of Bethlehem, passed away Friday, January 17th, 2025, in Olathe, CO. He was the husband of the late Rev. Deborah M. (Kus) Wagner. Walter was born in ...