Purple Mountain Press, a publisher of history books on local and regional topics, is now under new ownership. The publisher of such titles as Alf Evers’ “The Catskills From Wilderness to Woodstock” ...

Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

The book also contains anecdotes about the death of her partner and revelations about her mother, a gifted painter who ...

Dave Drake, a 19th-century Edgefield County resident whose pottery is now on display in museums and private collections ...

Readers interested in local history should be familiar with two of the earliest books, the first by Hervey Scott c1877 and ...

By his own admission, Scott Reh-mann wasn’t much of a student in high school. But he learned how to research – investigate – things pretty well during a law enforcement career ...

Upcoming events in Lake County include the 12th annual Mount Dora Scottish Highland Festival Feb. 14-16 at Donnelly Park and Elizabeth Evans Park.

Texas actor Jaston Williams, co-creator of the wildly popular Greater Tuna franchise, looks back on 50 years onstage and ahead to a new children's musical.

Playwright Sir David Hare has criticised the National Theatre, saying it “is meant to present the world’s drama, and it doesn ...

During the last 40 years McCoy has been a horse dealer; he sells about 700 animals a year, not counting trades. He is a short, friendly man, with thin gray hair and a mustache; the trousers of his ...

A series of discussions, creative writing and genealogy workshops, and a dance event all centered on “The Big Read: Exploring ...

Two County prosecutors who recommended the Menendez brothers be freed from prison allege they were punished by Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and defamed online by ...