Enslaved fugitives referred to the Ohio River as the River Jordan. It was a metaphor for freedom like the Israelites’ flight from slavery in Egypt through the parted waters of the Red Sea. Except the ...

In North Carolina, old railcars are getting new life as temporary road bridges after damage wrought by Hurricane Helene.

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

When visitors enter the Underground Railroad Museum in Flushing, Ohio, their first question is ‘Was this a stop on the Underground Railroad?’ The somewhat ...

An opera about the Underground Railroad has interesting ties to Lexington and one of its greatest basketball players.

Founded by the Quaker community, Springboro was a sanctuary along the Underground Railroad.  More than 200 years ago, ...

On Monday, April 29, 2024, a 41-year-old Polish construction worker was killed in an accident on the German side of the tunnel. The man was struck with an excavator shovel and suffered a fatal ...

Soltys said no one may ever know. But what is known — and what railroad devotees soon revealed online — is the building was actually an old train depot that serviced Prairie Home south of ...

(WSMV) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the man who was shot and killed by Putnam County Sheriff deputies on I-40 early Monday morning. The TBI said 29-year-old Tommy Lee ...

A man is in custody after a woman was shot and killed early Monday morning in Dayton. At 2:20 a.m., a shooting was reported in the 2900 block of Millicent Avenue. A 911 caller said neighbors from ...