Blue Earth County Historical Society’s History Book Club’s spring series kicks off 11 a.m. Saturday at BECHS History Center, ...

The orphan trains were presented as a solution — a way to give children from crowded cities a better life. But thousands were ...

"Shorty" Morris seemed to know almost everyone across Southeast Nebraska as he worked in circulation for several of the region's newspapers.

Grand Island Central Catholic students put the rocks back after they applied weed control fabric to the parking lot rock ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear why the Pelicans' minor league affiliate is leaving Birmingham for Kenner. We also ...

Parker Park, 5730 Commerce St., St. Francisville, is hosting a Family Movie Night, at 7 p.m., April, 24. The feature is Zootopia 2. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. The West Feliciana high Beta Club ...

The Orphan Grain Train collection trailer will be at the Peace Lutheran Church parking lot, 2720 28th St., in Columbus from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 21, and Sunday, June 22.

All aboard for a train journey seen through area artist Ken Stark's eyes. Throughout April, a rare sampling of Stark's original paintings for Verla Kay's historical fiction book “Orphan Train” will be ...

Members of the Wednesday Club of Jackson listened as they sat in a vintage train car — a former club car named the Southern Belle. Outfitted now as a dining car/event venue, the car was once part of ...

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, thousands of orphaned children were placed on trains and sent across the United States. Known as the Orphan Train movement, the program aimed to relocate children ...

PLYMOUTH — Orphan Grain Train New England has sent a 40 foot container of supplies to Ghana, Africa. The charity at 33 S. Main St. operates out of a warehouse owned by Bill Allread, who has made the ...

BIRMINGHAM — The Wylie E. Groves High School Advanced Theater class won the state championship for its studio production of “Orphan Trains” at the Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association One Act ...