This article was originally published April 10, 1958. WASHINGTON — A C-119 cargo plane took off from here Wednesday groaning under the weight of an 11,000-pound war ...

"They didn't talk about it and so we didn't ask," Gary Greenwood said of his father's WWII memories and photos. "I sure wish ...

In 1945, while recovering from an ankle injury he got while skiing in Bavaria, Doctor Maertens discovered that a new use for ...

A World War II hand grenade was found in a vehicle Thursday night in downtown Blue Springs. Police closed several streets around the area while investigators determined hand grenade was real.

A portion of downtown Blue Springs was blocked off Thursday evening as police investigated a possible hand grenade located in ...

The Lee's Summit Police Department Bomb Squad responded and safely retrieved the grenade, confirming it to be a genuine World ...

In 1941, the formation of the first group of Black military pilots and mechanics was underway in Tuskegee, Alabama where ...

Porton Down’s archive was opened up for a study into the health of the human volunteers in the nerve agent testing programme.

The war in Ukraine has foreclosed on options and blunted Russian action around the world.

The last known living World War II soldier in Fayette County currently resides in Washington Court House. Edwin A. Rumer is ...