A former Hartford mayor is being remembered as a pioneer and trailblazer for his community. Thirman Milner died Friday at the ...

Thirman Milner, the trailblazing former mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, and the first popularly elected Black mayor in New ...

Two people were injured in a shooting at Park Plaza in the midst of Black Friday shopping early Friday afternoon, according ...

A charter provision requiring Edmond property ownership to qualify to hold city office has raised eyebrows ahead of a Ward 1 ...

Milner was also a former president and lifetime member of the Greater Hartford NAACP. They say he tirelessly advocated for ...

Three people were wounded in a shooting at an Arkansas mall on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, ...

At an annual wreath-laying ceremony honoring the late Mayor Harold Washington, local politicians and activists looked to his ...

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner, the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England, has died, ...

Former Hartford mayor Thirman Milner, known for becoming the first Black mayor in all of New England, has died at the age of ...

Earlier this month, former Oklahoma state Rep. Monroe Nichols (D) was elected the first Black mayor of Tulsa. Among other ...

MULLINS, S.C. – It was standing room only inside City Hall as Mullins’ first Black female mayor Miko Pickett took office and presided over her first official Mullins City Council meeting ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — History was made in Columbus 25 years ago when Michael Coleman was first elected mayor. Coleman was the city’s first African American mayor and ended up being the ...