Every year, a mysterious group of men in top hats and suits summon Punxsutawney Phil from his stump in Pennsylvania to make ...

On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia. Just hours earlier, his superior officer had placed him under arrest for ...

Houston hip-hop icon Michael "5000" Watts, the founder of Swishahouse Records and a pioneer of the "chopped and screwed" sound, has passed away following a recent hospitalization. A central figure in ...

One of jazz’s true outsiders, but also one of its most restless, pioneering spirits, Rahsaan Roland Kirk continues to inspire and influence today’s cutting-edge musicians. The release of two superb ...

WINK-TV was this area’s first television station. It began broadcasting on March 18, 1954, and is the fifth-oldest station in ...

Two Pottsville militia units, Washington Artillerists and National Light Infantry, were among the First Defenders to answer ...

In 1969, Glenn Frey and John David “J.D.” Souther performed as the country-folk duo Longbranch Pennywhistle and released their self-titled debut a year later. Years after the duo’s demise a year later ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a group of teenagers are marked for death by some supernatural force, which pursues them relentlessly until the remaining few find some logically-questionable ...

The Phoenix announced on social media Monday afternoon that it would be closing its longtime 1915 Westheimer Rd. location, capping off a nearly 20-year run. That's the bad news. The good news is that ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary, or Semiquincentennial, of the United States Declaration of Independence, which will be celebrated on July 4, 2026. In honor of this historic milestone, the DDN ...

This special auction of nearly 700 rare pennies brought a small fortune – nearly $16.8 million. Those coins, auctioned on Thursday, Dec. 11, by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, included the last 2025 ...