"The Jackie Robinson of Edwardsville" was 91.

“We could do better for our kids — the students in the district. So, everything that he did and was about was around that,” the president of the Historic Lincoln School Alumni Foundation says.

No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the ...

Alice G. Lee was born June 29th, 1946, in Glasgow, KY to Emily and Frank E. Graham, Sr. She spent most of her life living in ...

L-R-Ossie Davis, Dr. King, Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, Rev Ralph Abernathy, Phyllis Brown, Rev. Richard Dixon Jr., photo from ...

Douglas Lynn “Doug” Scott, of Ash Grove, Missouri, passed away on, Thursday, January 22, 2026, at the age of 83. Doug was born on July 31, 1942, ...

Bethel AME presents its 'Breaking Barriers' health fair and celebrates the life of the late Jackie Robinson on his birthday.

If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstands just watching what goes on, in my opinion, you’re wasting your ...

Celebrities and fashion greats gathered in Rome on Friday morning to say their final goodbyes to designer Valentino Garavani, ...

41st Jackie Robinson YMCA Dr. Martin Luther King … News / Jan 16, 2026 / 11:45 AM PST The community and changemakers convened at the 41st annual Jackie Robinson YMCA Dr. Martin Luther King Dignity ...

Tatiana Schlossberg was remembered at a private funeral on Jan. 5 at St. Ignatius of Loyola, the same New York City church that hosted the memorial service for her grandmother, Jacqueline Kennedy ...

Herman Shaw was a trailblazer at Edwardsville High School as a Black athlete in the early 1950s. He passed away this month at ...