The word Oread — as a name — was carted to Kansas in the mid-1800s by Worcester residents who resettled before the Civil War, ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1 Memorial Drive, is closed in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. Other banks, like American National Bank, Bank of America, Capitol One, Chase, Commerce, J ...

The KC Defenders hosted a Juneteenth cookout on Thursday, drawing together families and friends in a vibrant celebration of ...

According to museum documentation, freed slave Matilda Wornall was able to successfully petition the court in Clark County, Kentucky, in 1850 to have her five children and grandchildren freed. At ...

In 1855, Thayer became involved in the anti-slavery movement, founding the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, with the Kansas Territory its focus.

A sign honoring Nicodemus, the oldest and only remaining historic Black settlement west of the Mississippi River, which was ...

Kansas Citians are celebrating Juneteenth throughout the month, and commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Considered America’s “second Independence Day,” the national ...

Trump's crackdown on immigrants bears alarming parallels to the fugitive slave obsessions of the pre-Civil War South.

There has been widespread concern expressed over the impact Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" could have on American health care.

The research addresses growing concerns about the adequacy of U.S. drinking water safety standards, particularly for pregnant ...