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News Journal archives, May 26-June 1

“Pages of history” features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and the Evening Journal. May 26, 2004, The News Journal NCCo passes budget without tax increase for ninth straight year New Castle County residents will not pay more in property taxes or sewer service fees next year, even though the government […]

A lost 22-page transcript discovered at the National Archives reveals the secret history of how Abraham Lincoln pardoned Joe Biden’s ancestor

Abraham Lincoln pardoned President Joe Biden’s great-great-grandfather, Moses J. Robinette, in 1864. Robinette was convicted after a fight with an army colleague during the Civil War, documents show. He was pardoned after receiving support from several army officers and a West Virginia senator. President Joe Biden’s former boss, ex-President Barack Obama, used to say that […]

News Journal archives, week of Feb. 18

“Pages of history” features excerpts from The News Journal archives including the Wilmington Morning News and the Evening Journal. Feb. 19, 2001, The News Journal Tragedy at Daytona: Earnhardt killed in last-lap crash Dale Earnhardt Sr., one of the greatest stars in auto racing history, died Sunday of injuries from a last-lap crash at the […]

Archives clears backlog of vets records requests caused by COVID-19

Officials at the National Archives and Records Administration announced Wednesday they have cleared the nearly four-year backlog of military and veteran record requests that had grown to more than 600,000 cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan praised National Archives staffers for the last few years of […]

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Reservoir ruptures

Jan. 22—This story ran Jan. 19, 2023, the day after High Reservoir ruptured. The reservoir has been repaired but the city of Lewiston is facing at least one lawsuit from a family whose home was damaged in the flood. ——— A rupture in a nearly 100-year-old reservoir released 3 million gallons of water in a […]

News Journal archives, week of Jan. 21

“Pages of history” features excerpts from The News Journal archives including the Wilmington Morning News and the Evening Journal. Jan. 23, 1998, The News Journal President denies claim about affair with intern President Clinton, firmly denying all accusations, sought Thursday to calm the firestorm over allegations he had an affair with a White House intern […]

Archives: January 2024

11 years agoFebruary 2013 “In October police arrested Joseph Harris of Bradenton, Florida, for employing two unlicensed telemarketers at his air conditioning business. Calling people without a license is a third-degree felony in Florida, legally equivalent to cocaine possession, battery of a police officer, or burglary of an unoccupied structure. Harris faces up to five […]