Discover the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Learn how "popular sovereignty" sparked Bleeding Kansas and accelerated the American Civil War in this article. History is often made of complicated dates and ...

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address was truly prophetic—it revealed the spiritual meaning of the Civil War.

Kittery played a significant role, particularly in colonial times, because of its maritime connections,” Councilor Judy Spiller said of the town’s history with the slave trade.

The decade’s most famous political compromise, the Missouri Compromise of 1820, admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine ...

Dave and Cathy Helman preside over the Lewelling-Gibbs House, the oldest building in Salem, and a confirmed stop on the underground railroad.

Missouri Senate Minority Leader Doug Beck, D-St. Louis County, reacts during a fiscal oversight comittee vote at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. The comittee ...

John Steuart Curry's "Tragic Prelude." In October 1859, a small town at the junction of two rivers became the focal point of ...

MISSOURI — When most people think of earthquakes, they think of California fault lines. But the most active earthquake zone east of the Rocky Mountains runs straight through the middle of the country ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A bill has been proposed by a Missouri Representative to rid of residents utilizing out-of-state addresses to evade vehicle sales tax and personal property taxes. Rep. Ed Lewis ...

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, seen here on May 23, 2025, recording a podcast. JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s top election official disagrees with President Donald Trump’s call to nationalize ...

It’s now tax season in Missouri. Jan. 26 is the start of the 2026 filing season. The IRS received close to 2.9 million tax returns from Missourians in 2022, the most recent year available.