Long-obscured and forgotten, the burial plots of more than two dozen people enslaved by the seventh president of the US are ...

We are continuing to learn more information about a truck found in Shepherds Lake Wednesday. Police told News 5 that the truck was located near the end of Shepherds Lake Road. “[Fishermen] were able ...

William R. “Bill” Ashcraft, 85, of Mount Vernon passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at Knox Community Hospital. He was ...

This sacred memorial and the final resting place of three unknown American service members is the heart of Arlington National ...

History Knox Mark Sebastian Jordan authors a column on Knox County history MOUNT VERNON — In the history business, we often trace the origin points of later prominent figures and emphasize their roots ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has suggested ...

Burial: Mount Vernon Cemetery. Dale was born on January 5, 1931, in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Paul and Helen Sargent. He spent much of his youth in Elkader, Iowa, and graduated high school in ...

Trump, who took office for a second time Monday, said he planned to "restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs.

Mount Ibu, on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, sent a column of smoke up to four kilometers (2.5 miles) into the sky in an eruption Wednesday. Indonesian officials raised ...

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon. By Alexander Nazaryan Fashion ...