Gary Castor

The largest steam locomotive in the world with the catchy name to match, Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy locomotive No. 4014, is planning an overnight stop in Jefferson City on the homeward leg of a month-long tour of the south-central United States.

A senior from Helias Catholic High School recently received the highest conservation award in the Boy Scouts of America.

In early 1943, a 19-year-old James Shipley of Tipton was training for military service with fellow African Americans at a military base in Tuskegee, Alabama. In his biography, "Together as One," he recalls looking to the skies during his basic training to watch aircraft such as the PT-17 Stearman being used to train Black aviation cadets who would soon be bestowed the iconic title of "Tuskegee Airmen."

In 1963, Linda Pettigrew had only recently turned 5 years old when notice was received her father had been killed while serving in the Missouri National Guard.

In 1831, the pioneering families of Enoch Enloe Sr. and Lamon Short decided to settle near the area that eventually became Russellville after a wheel on one of their covered wagons broke.

During his three decades of service in the Missouri National Guard, Eric Wilde has been labeled a "mustang" -- military slang for those who began their career as an enlisted soldier prior to becoming a commissioned officer.

During the 1840s, scores of hopeful individuals departed their German homeland in pursuit of the promise of a better life in the United States.

By REBECCA REYNOLDS

ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) -- World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sites to mark the 79th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined New York politicians and mourners at a 9/11 memorial ceremony at ground zero Monday.