Since the first epidemic in 1894, the crippling and highly contagious polio virus had been paralyzing children and terrorizing their parents—it's hard to imagine that by the mid-1950s there was a mother in America who didn't think of polio every time her children got sick. Then, Americans...
The second supermarket chain on this list, Hy-Vee caters to the Midwest, operating in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. A contraction of the last names of its founders Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg, Hy-Vee has been employee-owned since 19...
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont – Pratik Koirala, a microbiology researcher from Brighton, Massachusetts, was in college in Kansas during the 2017 eclipse, but it was cloudy. “I saw the darkness, but not the sun,” he said. “Now I want to see the sun.” ...
A few years back, Kitchen watched an eclipse while in Kansas City, but he has never traveled for the sake of seeing one. “Clouds. Lots of clouds,” Kitchen said. “But it was still fun.” In Helotes, Micheal and Sarah Holden sat in the back of their pickup truck ...
Aircraft should be ready for potential holdings and rerouting, as well as delays due to higher traffic volumes, the FAA says, noting that airports in the greater Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Memphis areas are the most likely to see flight disruptions....
Illinois will be treated to a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience on April 8, 2024; a total solar eclipse, and we found a simple thing you can make at home to watch the entire eclipse without any risk to your eyes. Getty ImagesIs...
Kansas bans large cats, bears, and non-native venomous snakes. Legal exotic pets come with stringent requirements, including registration fees, inspections, insurance coverage, and a written recovery plan in the event that the animal escapes. ...
Next, Wikipedia listed two townships in Missouri — one in Adair County (about halfway between Kansas City and Davenport, Iowa) and one in Lincoln County (about an hour northwest of St. Louis). But neither of the two townships contained a village named Nineveh on any of the maps we loo...
Tornadoes still mostly hit states like Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. However, since 1979, the number of tornadoes in the Great Plains has decreased. At the same time, states east of the Mississippi River, except Florida,have seen an uptick in tornado activity. If this trend continues, highly...
To be clear, the Sears & Roebuck Company did operate storefronts out of their distribution centers in Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, and Kansas City. The Evansville store, on the corner of 4th and Sycamore Streets was the company's first in the country to not be. The building still stands tod...