The first North Carolina state flag in history was heavily inspired by the first Confederate States of America flag. This flag didn't have the blue X-shape of later Confederate flags.

The diagonal blue stripe is reminiscent of the Confederate battle flag, and you can see there’s 11 stars, which is the same number of states in the Confederacy. Also, experts say the grey on the ...

Zell Miller arrived at Young Harris College as a timid teen before becoming Georgia's governor. He's being recognized on the small campus for changing higher education.

Neely had offenses and behaviors deemed red flags for the police and mental health support community. His family knew he needed help. Fingers can be pointed all around for years of repeatedly ...

The military renamed nine Army installations to remove the names of Confederate leaders. As they unsuccessfully ran for the Republican presidential nomination in the GOP primary, Florida Governor ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is ordering flags to half-staff later this week in honor of late state Senator John Arthur Smith. Smith served New Mexico for more than ...

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has ordered that the U.S. and Arkansas flags be flown at half-staff ... people navigate the education system." The governor said the Little Rock Nine "are the inspiration ...

(LEX 18) — Governor Beshear has ordered that all state building flags be lowered to half-staff on Oct. 12 in honor of the medical helicopter crash victims who were killed on Oct. 7 in Owenton.

The presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump isn’t the only game-changing election on the table in November. There are 33 US Senate seats up for regular election, as well as all ...

Governor Ned Lamont is directing flags be lowered to half-staff on Monday in honor of Botsford Fire Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Pete Blomberg. Police said 72-year-old Peter Blomberg, of Newtown ...

NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has directed flags in Noble County to to flown at half-staff in honor and remembrance of U.S. Army Sgt. Sarah Roque. Sgt. Roque was killed ...

Enter James Earl Carter Jr., a Naval Academy graduate, a Democrat of Georgia, son of a peanut farmer and the state’s former governor. Carter won, though his victory over Ford was narrow.