It’s almost time for summer vacation, as the last day of school for New York City public schools is fast approaching. The 2024-2025 school year is coming to a close in just days. Students still have ...

The city Department of Education’s (DOE) academic calendar includes some two-dozen days off between the first day of school ...

Juneteenth is being celebrated around central Ohio in multiple ways. Here is your guide to celebrating America's second Independence Day.

I have experienced ugly, repulsive, bigotry-based acts over my lifetime. It’s hard to witness. It’s even harder to volunteer ...

The Fourth of July is the next three-day weekend of 2025, as it falls on a Friday this year. And Labor Day weekend in ...

One guaranteed three-day weekend remains in 2025: Labor Day weekend (Aug. 30 - Sept. 1). Memorial Day was May 26 and the ...

The MLK Parade is a Mardi Gras-style event featuring floats from local businesses, churches, organizations, school bands and elected officials.

In response to President Donald Trump's executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, the Pentagon's intelligence agency has paused special event programs and related events, ...

Dispatch photographers fanned out in Downtown Columbus July 3 for one of the biggest fireworks celebrations in the Midwest.

It might seem like a while before the next federal holiday. Here's when you'll get your next off day (with pay).

Layla Cross, 10, sings The Star-Spangled Banner at the Martin Luther King Day service Monday at the Hammond Civic Center. Cross attends Edison Elementary in Hammond.