His brown eyes stare directly at the viewer, not as a challenge, but as their equal. At a time when immigration stings are ...

During Cmdr. Oliver Perry’s naval victory in the Battle of Lake Erie on Sept. 10, 1813, Col. Richard Johnson marched his 1,000 troops overland and recaptured Detroit without any fighting.

Though it was fought six hundred years before Adrianople, the Battle of Cannae remained proverbial. In 217 BC, at Lake Trasimene in Etruria, the Carthaginian general Hannibal had trapped and massacred ...

Plowing the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park is no easy task, but a drop off in avalanches this spring has made the work a little easier. Crews observed a large avalanche cycle in ...

The Battle of Lake Erie took place off the north shore on Sept. 10, 1813, according to the National Park Service. At dawn, a U.S. Navy lookout spotted six British vessels to the northwest of Put ...

In 1813, he was given command of a fleet of ships that was being built on Lake Erie. His task ... and the two finally met in battle. Perry's fleet had the advantage of firepower, while Barclay's ...

Lake Erie borders the southeastern tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. A state park features camping, fishing and sandy beaches. Several historic lighthouses line Michigan's coast overlooking Lake Erie ...

The Scriber Lake High School gymnasium didn’t sit empty Friday evening ... In addition to the DJ, there was a face-painting booth, cotton candy station and a caricature artist, among other activities.

Thomas W. Garrison, 51, of Island Lake, (inset) was arrested after he allegedly harassed a woman and brought a loaded shotgun into Mavericks Brew Pub, 4500 Roberts Road in Island Lake, where he struck ...

The City of South Lake Tahoe has announced the launch of ArtVenture, a new interactive public art map that invites residents and visitors to explore the city’s growing collection of murals ...