Over the years, Oakland City College/University has sent hundreds of basketball coaches out into the high school ranks. These graduates…
Seventy years ago, Clarence Bevo Francis appeared out of nowhere, instantly capturing the complete attention of the world of college…
The outlaw is perhaps the most distinctive of American folk types and, oddly enough, seems of more interest to the…
Family genealogy, at its best, teaches about life at the daily level. Unfortunately, digging up information about ancestors of more…
Mt. Vernon High School in Illinois has a long tradition of basketball successes, but one story in particular about a…
They answered the call to help save the world from the two most powerful and ruthless war machines ever. —Tom…
The important teachers in my life were not only in school, they were everywhere. Some of their essential teachings, however,…
There is at least one unconfirmed story out there about Jesse James and his gang spending time in Farrington Township…
Intramural sports have long played an important but under-recognized role down through the years in the Oakland City College/University culture.…
Oakland City College in the mid to late 1960s, despite its remote location and a mostly conventional student body, still…