The Ruby Street bridge shutdown since Sunday means three of six drawbridges that carry local traffic over the Des Plaines ...

Here's the Illinois Department Transportation's plan for openings, closings and maintenance of Joliet bridges in the coming ...

The closure is necessary to replace equipment and electrical components that failed Sunday afternoon.

Anybody who spent enough time in elementary school has heard of the Mayflower, the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address. Anybody who ...

The commemorative coins minted to mark America’s 250th anniversary have officially begun circulating—but large swaths of the nation’s history failed to make the cut. What remains is a narrow vision of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former Safe Routes to School coordinator says she was fired for wearing a Ruby Bridges t-shirt. In a complaint filed last week in federal court, former employee Beth Schmidt ...

Six-year-old Ruby Bridges is unbowed, her gaze steady despite the racist graffiti creeping into the frame of the iconic image. The painting — a true-to-life illustration of the fight to integrate New ...

A former Salem program coordinator is suing for wrongful termination after being fired for wearing a shirt depicting a famous civil rights painting. The shirt featured Norman Rockwell's "The Problem ...

Everest Elementary School hosted a community walk to celebrate Ruby Bridges Day on Nov. 14. The event honored Ruby Bridges, who was the first Black child to integrate an all-White school in New ...

If the best ability is availability, New York Knicks guard Mikal Bridges is the best in the league. As it stands, Bridges is the only current player with 500+ consecutive games under his belt, and he ...