Marian Anderson’s life was filled with moments where she was told “no” because of her race — but that didn’t stop her.
Anderson was a Philadelphia native, born in the cit...
Arnold Palmer served three years in the U.S. Coast Guard, but that didn’t stop him from creating an army later in life.
Later in life, Palmer would say the first time he ...
It has been decades since Mister Rogers first looked into the camera and asked us to be his neighbor, but time has not diminished the impact of his legacy. Fred knew some...
He was such a good player that the Baseball Writers’ Association of America changed its Hall of Fame rules after his death, to make sure he got in, but Roberto Clemente’s...
She was supposed to be the first teacher to go into space, but instead she because part of one of NASA's worst tragedies.
The breakup of the Challenger space shuttle in J...
Butler graduate Bill Hohn needed the confidence to make important calls during his time as a Major League Baseball umpire.
The difference between right and wrong comes do...
For 100 years, visitors to the South Cemetery on top of South Main Street in Butler have walked past an unassuming, rectangular gravestone chiseled with only the name Geo...
The history of “Hamilton: An American Musical,” appropriately enough, is something of a melting pot.
The obvious origin was in the 1750s on the Caribbean island of Nevis....
How did a young woman from the Midwest find her way to the bloodiest and fiercest fought battle on D-Day? Her name is not often associated with the beaches of Normandy, y...
