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History
This Day in History | 80 year anniversary of Minidoka internment camp opening
Nation World
102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion will receive the Congressional Gold Medal. But before that, the unit's oldest living member will be celebrated.
Nation World
Emmett Till's house and other Black sites to get preservation funds
Till's mother insisted that his body be displayed in an open casket as it looked when it was pulled from a river, influencing thousands of mourners who saw his body.
Music
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Arkansas native, godmother of rock and roll music
Sister Rosetta Tharpe is an Arkansas native known as the Godmother of Rock and Roll. Though her impact wasn't always recognized, she inspired some of the greats.
Crime
Family wants arrest made after 1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found
Team searching a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of the Black teenager found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his kidnapping.
Holidays
Celebrating freedom: Importance of recognizing Juneteenth in Arkansas
All 50 states and Washington D.C. observe Juneteenth, but Arkansas and 25 other states have yet to observe it as a permanent paid state holiday.
Local News
NWACC holds Juneteenth celebration
The art displayed at this event highlighted the history of Juneteenth and the struggles African Americans faced.
History
These Hallowed Sands: Remembering D-Day (1994)
In this documentary from 1994, WVEC anchor Terry Zahn reports on the D-Day invasion of Europe, 50 years later.
True Crime
A would-be presidential assassin is set to be fully free. And he has deep ties to Dallas.
John Hinckley Jr. was 25 years old when he quickly emptied a six-shot, .22-caliber revolver to try to win the affection of Jodie Foster by assassinating Reagan.
Local News
Bass Reeves streaming series in the works; no word on film location sites
Bass Reeves was a U.S. Deputy Marshal under U.S. Federal Judge Isaac C. Parker. He was born a slave in Texas in 1838 and died in Muskogee, Okla., on Jan. 12, 1910.
History
23 years ago, Fabio got goosed at Apollo's Chariot opening at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
One of the theme park's most popular roller coasters opened in 1999, but it had an infamously rocky start involving a goose and a supermodel.
Local News
How a friendship between the Choctaw tribe and Ireland started centuries ago
Nearly 200 years later, the unique bond between the Choctaw Nation and Ireland continues to thrive.
Nation World
102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion will receive the Congressional Gold Medal. But before that, the unit's oldest living member will be celebrated.
Nation World
Emmett Till's house and other Black sites to get preservation funds
Till's mother insisted that his body be displayed in an open casket as it looked when it was pulled from a river, influencing thousands of mourners who saw his body.
Music
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Arkansas native, godmother of rock and roll music
Sister Rosetta Tharpe is an Arkansas native known as the Godmother of Rock and Roll. Though her impact wasn't always recognized, she inspired some of the greats.
Crime
Family wants arrest made after 1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found
Team searching a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of the Black teenager found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his kidnapping.
Holidays
Celebrating freedom: Importance of recognizing Juneteenth in Arkansas
All 50 states and Washington D.C. observe Juneteenth, but Arkansas and 25 other states have yet to observe it as a permanent paid state holiday.
Local News
NWACC holds Juneteenth celebration
The art displayed at this event highlighted the history of Juneteenth and the struggles African Americans faced.
History
These Hallowed Sands: Remembering D-Day (1994)
In this documentary from 1994, WVEC anchor Terry Zahn reports on the D-Day invasion of Europe, 50 years later.
True Crime
A would-be presidential assassin is set to be fully free. And he has deep ties to Dallas.
John Hinckley Jr. was 25 years old when he quickly emptied a six-shot, .22-caliber revolver to try to win the affection of Jodie Foster by assassinating Reagan.
Local News
Bass Reeves streaming series in the works; no word on film location sites
Bass Reeves was a U.S. Deputy Marshal under U.S. Federal Judge Isaac C. Parker. He was born a slave in Texas in 1838 and died in Muskogee, Okla., on Jan. 12, 1910.
History
23 years ago, Fabio got goosed at Apollo's Chariot opening at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
One of the theme park's most popular roller coasters opened in 1999, but it had an infamously rocky start involving a goose and a supermodel.
Local News
How a friendship between the Choctaw tribe and Ireland started centuries ago
Nearly 200 years later, the unique bond between the Choctaw Nation and Ireland continues to thrive.
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