CROWN POINT — The Lake County Board of Commissioners is tapping independent expertise as it works to decide which convention center proposal to endorse, or whether to reject them both.

Over the next few days, the Irish Pretenders will celebrate two decades of playing traditional Irish folk music in the Johnstown region. The band’s journey started with four original members – John ...

Jez Lowe is not only one of the UK’s busiest live folk performers, his songs are among the most widely sung by other performers such as Fairport Convention, The Dubliners and The Unthanks. Badapple ...

A Republican congressman was avoiding his constituents. So Democrat Mark Pocan gave them a chance to speak their mind.

The Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS No. 198, the Criminal asset Recovery Convention), ...

Over forty years ago, an innovative legal text was adopted to protect Europe’s wild plants and animals. The Council of Europe’s Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats ...

The 1970 Convention was thus submitted to the 16th session of the General Conference of the Organization in 1970 and adopted on the14th of November that year. This Convention has made UNESCO a pioneer ...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Bulgaria violated the European Convention on Human Rights by denying a journalist access to the acquittal judgment of a former Minister of ...

A constitutional convention was convened on March 1, 1836, by the Washington- on-the-Brazos to declare Texas free from Mexico. On March 2, 1836, a rough draft was drawn up and attendees began to sign ...

The Texas Convention of 1836 met at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Convention President Richard Ellis appointed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence – George C. Childress as chairman, James ...

March 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1836, Texas proclaimed independence from Mexico. Advertisement In 1899, President William McKinley signed legislation establishing Mount Rainier ...

On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico, marking the birth of the Republic of Texas. Frustrated by living under the rule of President Santa Anna, Texians and Tejanos sought ...