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Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith tangles with a quirk of Arkansas history

On the wildflower-studded slopes of the Ozarks, where memories run long and family ties run thick, a little-known and long-ago chapter of history still simmers. On Sept. 11, 1857, a wagon train from this part of Arkansas met with a gruesome fate in Utah, where most of the travelers were slaughtered by a Mormon militia in an episode known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Hundreds of the victims ...

Special Report: Stewart Moore Traces Family History

WESH 2's Stewart Moore investigates his family's history with the help of Ancestry.com.

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HISTORY seekers can look back on their family tree at a weekly library session.

Tracy Barry discovers her family roots

When Ancestry.com offered to spend a little time looking into my family history, I thought it would be fun. I didn’t expect it to be so emotional or surprising. I filled out some forms and gave them free rein to investigate with nothing off limits. What was I thinking? I was born and raised in Washington State, far from my Mom’s family in Tennessee and my Dad’s in Michigan. I met my Grandparents ...

Media Chaos Theory: From an Antigay Activist to Joe Biden to Barack Obama

Although most people assumed President Obama privately supported gay marriage, many were surprised he decided to say so publicly, especially now. But before the story gets rewritten, let's take a look at the chain of events in the recent history of the news cycle that led to Wednesday's announcement, which all trace back to one man: antigay Christian activist Bryan Fischer.