Headlines on PNJ.com: This is the news from Wednesday, August 28 Old, abandoned state hospital in N. Palafox listed for $2 million, Santa Rosa explores interest in a water sports center and Four Winds Fine Foods remodels Looking to invest in a prime piece of Pensacola real estate near downtown? The old Escambia County Medical […]
Old Falls Village in Menomonee Falls is hosting its first Elizabethan Renaissance Festival on Saturday and Sunday, September 14-15. The Renaissance Festival will feature a marketplace where vendors will sell fine Renaissance-era crafts. There will also be live entertainment, including sword fighting demonstrations by members of the Society of Creative Anachronism, as well as performances […]
Chris Flook | Muncie Star Press Local historians disagree on the best way to count the number of courthouses in Delaware County. The number depends on how one defines the word “courthouse.” In the most literal sense, a courthouse is a building that houses a district courtroom. By this definition, there were six courthouses in […]
A one-classroom schoolhouse in Gibson County is among the “10 most at-risk” buildings in the state, Indiana Landmarks announced this week. Sollman School has been located in Snake Run, a dependent community outside of Fort Branch, since about 1875. It was once an educational center for a group of farming families and served as a […]
Carcinogenic gas radon explained in 40 seconds What you need to know about the carcinogenic gas radon. Emma Kate Fittes, Indianapolis Star EVANSVILLE – The Old Courthouse Catacombs, a staple of Evansville’s Halloween hauntings, cannot remain open in their usual location this year due to radon levels in the basement of the county building. The […]
Salina and Saline County want to redesign the shared government spaces downtown and need public participation to do so. A series of study sessions of the city and county governing bodies will take place this week, leading up to an open day with initial concepts for the public on Thursday evening. These study sessions, which […]
Visitors to the Josiah Dennis Manse Museum in Dennis this weekend can gain a glimpse into the lives of the town’s residents in the 18th century. Historical interpreters get ready to lace up their corsets, don their gowns, button their breeches and pull on their vests when the Dennis Historical Society hosts Colonial Day on […]
SAULT STE. MARIE – This Thursday, Sault Ste. Marie celebrates the first Jane Bamewawagezhikaquay Johnston Schoolcraft Day. Jane Bamewawagezhikaquay Johnston Schoolcraft, often known as Jane Schoolcraft, was one of the first settlers in the city that would later become Sault Ste. Marie. She is known as a Native American author and her works are the […]
The reckoning with the Confederates: Why monuments and symbols are being removed While Confederate monuments are memorials to the dead for some, for many others they glorify slavery, racism and oppression. Mike Fant, Nashville Tennessean A Davidson County chancellor ruled this week that Williamson County can remove the image of the Confederate flag from its […]
