BELLVILLE: Judith A. Freeman, of Bellville, passed away peacefully on October 19, 2025. She was 87. She was born on September ...

Ben enjoyed cutting and ranking firewood, recycling cardboard, mowing grass, tending to the garden, and watching the Phillies ...

Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, served from 1945 to 1953. He is remembered for decisive leadership during the closing months of World War II, the beginning of the Cold War, ...

While the U.S. President today typically flies in one of two modified Boeing 747-200s, these aircraft are not the only Air Force Ones. In fact, it's a call sign that refers to any Air Force aircraft ...

President Harry S. Truman signing the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense. (National Archives) During a White ...

When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...

One humid Japanese summer day. One bomb. 8:15 am. 135,000 casualties. 66,000 dead (including 38,000 children). 69,000 injured. Three days after, World War II ended. Eighty years later, we commemorate ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - Sixty years ago Wednesday, President Lyndon B. Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri, to sign a groundbreaking piece of legislation into law: the creation of Medicare ...

Eighty years ago, on July 17, 1945, the last of the Second World War’s “Big Three” conferences was convened at Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, in the Cecilienhof Palace. The key issues discussed and ...

As Republican pressure on education mounts, the fight over the scholarship reveals a broader effort to turn public service into a test of political loyalty. Harry S. Truman looks over a campaign ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas met with a group Wednesday to hear a proposal to name the terminal at Kansas City International Airport after President Harry Truman. The terminal at ...