Scioto County trustee Fannin threw politeness to the wind, and, as distasteful as it is, uttered racist views he and others ...

The US Congress has overwhelmingly passed a bill to add a federal holiday to the calendar marking Juneteenth - the end of slavery in the nation. The House of Representatives backed the legislation ...

Scioto Township Trustee Barton Fannin has said he will not resign after making the comment, but he would "apologize to anyone ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Scioto Township trustee said he will not step down after he used a racial slur describing the Juneteenth ...

Police arrested Rosa Parks on Dec. 1, 1955. It could become the first federal holiday to honor a woman, under a bill filed by ...

LAKELAND — Amid the long holiday week of Thanksgiving, Lakeland officials were asked to add another holiday to their 2024 list. Harlem Turner, president of the Rose Heights Elks Lodge, requested ...

RACINE — Alder Samuel Peete, who represents District 10 for the City of Racine, proposed a budget amendment Tuesday to recognize Juneteenth as an official city holiday. Juneteenth, or June 19 ...

MAULDIN, S.C (FOX Carolina) - A vote was reached by the Mauldin City Council to accept Juneteenth as an official city holiday beginning in 2024. The vote was reached unanimously. This is the first ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will designate Juneteenth as a state holiday, joining 28 other states and the District of Columbia, Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday. Kelly, a Democrat, said in a news ...

A Pickaway County official wanted to deny Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, from being a holiday awarded firefighters in their new contract. And during a Nov. 17 ...

Gov. Laura Kelly said Juneteenth celebrates Kansas’ diversity and honors the state’s “ongoing struggles for racial equality.” TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will designate Juneteenth as a ...