Traveling to Lincoln from Boston, Higginbotham said her grandfather, the Rev. Walter Henderson Brooks, was born a slave in 1851. He “worked” for a tobacco company in Richmond, Virginia.

A new UW hospital opened this spring to provide desperately needed mental health beds. But a dispute over legal ...

King County Metro bus drivers spoke during public comment. They voiced frustrations with Metro, claiming that the department ...

Controversy surrounding another City of Vacaville proclamation has surfaced online, as this year the city’s proclamation for ...

Journalism is not always fast. Sure, the Free Press operates in a digital world where every second counts, but even in that ...

An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the ...

The Snohomish County Health Department reported Tuesday that at least two people have been exposed to the measles virus.

Local students in Lackawanna County are honoring Martin Luther King Junior on Tuesday. Penn State Scranton held their annual MLK celebration in their ...

Vandals damaged Comcast facilities early Tuesday morning, Jan. 21 in Tukwila causing system outages in parts of several South ...

“We too can march on with a little bit of hope…the kind of hope that was built on the blood of Jesus. We have hope that we ...

Everyone has the power for greatness — not for fame, because greatness is determined by service.” — MLK Jr. 1968 ...

Arkansas State Police troopers are investigating after a man was shot and killed in Baxter County on Martin Luther King Jr.