Before West Virginia was its own state, a Congressman from Massachusetts travelled to Wayne County with dreams of building a ...

There are 11 Civil War veterans buried in the Anti-slavery Friends Cemetery at Asa Bales Park in Westfield. On June 21 at 10 ...

Regular readers of this column probably weren’t surprised by Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s outburst this week regarding the poor condition of state roads and bridges – despite a $2.8 billion "Roads ...

Clemson (45-16) will face No. 2 West Virginia (42-14) on May 31 (6 p.m. ET). The Mountaineers beat No. 3 Kentucky 4-3 after a walk-off RBI sacrifice before Clemson's game. The winner will advance ...

Governor Patrick Morrisey's office says the governor will not be giving state employees the day off for Juneteenth.

Governor Patrick Morrisey’s office says the governor will not be giving state employees the day off for Juneteenth.

Spain also returns as a leading nation in the slave trade, sending 400,000 to the West. The rest of the European nations, by contrast, have largely ended their roles in the trade. By the ...

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Since 1863, West Virginians have celebrated June 20 as independence day for the state and its people. West Virginia broke free of a Commonwealth of Virginia government that spent decades prioritizing ...

Two brothers born into slavery in the 1820s have been honored with new "stumbling stone" historical markers on Columbia Pike.

A slave house in Prince William County, Virginia, in 1959. Library of Congress The restored house, 2013. It was caught in the crossfire at the Second Battle of Bull Run in 1862. Jobie Hill ...

The markers, which document the history of the Underground Railroad in the region, “span nine counties across three states,” ...