Shirley C. Franklin is the first-ever Black woman mayor of Atlanta. The soon-to-be octogenarian was honored for her part in shaping the city.

Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Clarke Franklin honored with a street sign and park. Her legacy and achievements celebrated by ...

A year after he died, city officials continue discussions on how to properly memorialize former Mayor Tom Henry.

Major changes are scheduled to start in April as one of Mercer County’s lakes in drained and dredged while its dam is restored so it can keep providing both water and recreation for future generations ...

The wildfire at Table Rock State Park in Pickens County, South Carolina, continues to burn. Officials from several different ...

Officials with the South Carolina Forestry Commission said the Table Rock State Park fire has exceeded 4,500 acres in size.

Bob Fuchigami, who was imprisoned in the Amache incarceration camp in Colorado during WWII and spent much of his life ...

Two-thirds of those imprisoned were American citizens. In a 2022 National Parks ... According to the National Park Service, many of the people sent to Camp Amache came from California.

The country's public institutions and services are in a state of severe distress, economist Anu Muhammad has said, noting that any entity with "public" in its name is facing a crisis. "Public ...