Prattville has a crowded field for the mayor and six of the seven city council seats. Bill Gillespie Jr. (I) There will be one contested election in Millbrook in the city council races. Mayor Al ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended ...

Rep. Wesley Hunt argued against removing confederate names from military bases during an appearance on”Real Time” Friday, ...

Total war against civilians didn't begin with World War II. It was official policy of the Union during the Civil War to lay ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - For the very first time, Alabamians are celebrating Juneteenth as an official state holiday. State offices were closed Thursday after Governor Ivey signed the new law last ...

Alabama's GOP governor, Kay Ivey, has made Juneteenth an official state holiday, marking the first time the state has celebrated the day.

The Trump administration is skirting a federal law by finding new namesakes for the bases with the same last names as ...

We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.

Those states with no official provision for Juneteenth include Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, ...

While some states have acknowledged Juneteenth in symbolic ways or through commemorative events, others have chosen to mark ...