In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

By Ross Hetrick The death of slavery was helped along by the arrogance of the enslavers. During the 1850s, the southern enslavers were definitely in the drivers seat as far […] ...

State Reps. Dontavius Jarrells, D-Columbus, and Veronica Sims, D-Akron, are working on a joint resolution that would remove slavery from the state’s constitution.

Before he made it big as a wide receiver with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL, Dalton Schoen was a hard worker at Blue Valley Northwest and Kansas State.

A hell-for-leather Democratic Congress had passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and letting Kansas, Nebraska, and any other future states north of the old ...

Going into 2025 three states (Wisconsin, Kansas, and Florida) had a state-level REINS Act on the books, subjecting state regulations that exceed a specified cost to legislative approval.

Free State senior Ryan Weishaar yells to the dugout after reaching base during the Firebirds’ state championship game against Shawnee Mission West on Friday, May 30, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in ...

Fraker said the "Lost Speech" was one of a number of speeches that Lincoln gave in response to the Kansas Nebraska Act. Fraker cited others such as one in Peoria in late 1854, the "House Divided" ...

The ‘Stand With Women Act’ passed 33-16, defining “male” and “female” in Nebraska law and requiring students to participate in sports based on their biological sex assigned at birth.

Here are the All-Class gold medalists at the 2025 Nebraska high school state track and field meet. 100: Zaire LeGrone-Miller, Kearney, 10.51 200: Zaire LeGrone-Miller, Kearney, 21.50 400: Charlie ...