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A glimpse into Alton's 1912 trolley era and historic Belle Street
Today is Friday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2025. There are 327 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 7, 1964, the Beatles were met by thousands of screaming fans at New York’s John F. Kennedy ...
Under the baobab: A true leader unites, not divides, us in times of national grief
We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country,” President Ronald Reagan said after the Challenger disaster ...
Military trains for astronaut rescue mission off Florida coast in anticipation of more human travel to space
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A joint military task force recently conducted search and rescue training off Florida’s east coast as ...
Perspective: We were mourning together. Then came the press conference
But it turns out, there was. The beautiful excerpt from the John Gillespie Magee Jr. poem “ High Flight ” that Noonan ...
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Who died in the Challenger explosion? NASA pays tribute to lost astronauts on 39th anniversary
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.