The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.

"I am more than honored to be with you today to present the Six Triple Eight with our nation's highest civilian award, the long-awaited, much-sought-after Congressional Gold Medal," Cummings said.

The battalion was tasked with cleaning out the massive backlog filled with more than 17 million pieces of mail that left troops without any communications from their families for months.

The nation’s only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on ...

Marcie Rendon, author of “Where They Last Saw Her,” spoke at the Muir Library in Winnebago in southern Minnesota last Tuesday ...

“We’re more than just the ‘at-risk’ label that is often associated with Indigenous youth,” Jack said. “We need to bring our ...

A University of Kansas graduate was named Miss Indian World last week at the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

At the annual Gathering of Nations Pow Wow, a charismatic 24-year-old woman from Mayetta, Kansas, was crowned Miss Indian World 2025-'26. Dania Wahwasuck, a Prairie Band Potawatomi and Pyramid Lake ...

Migrant worker programs offer foreign laborers a chance to earn more money than they normally would back home. In 1994, ...

Today, U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Kellie Lee Crawford, 57, for Voluntary Manslaughter in Indian ...

A Grove woman who pleaded guilty to killing her neighbor while under the influence of drugs received a 15 year federal prison ...

A Grove woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for strangling her 70-year-old neighbor.According to court documents, ...