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Current UVa women and gender studies professor and retired UVa engineering professor to discuss books at New Dominion in Charlottesville.

LBB Presents: John K. Brown - Spanning the Gilded Age Left Bank Books presents John K. Brown to discuss his new book "Spanning the Gilded Age: James Eads and the Great Steel Bridge." Join us at Schlafly Public Library on Thursday, May 23, at 6pm as we celebrate the fascinating history of the St. Louis Bridge, the first steel structure in the world, completed in 1874. This history details the origins, design, construction, and enduring impact of a unique feat of engineering, and it illu...

St. Louisans may take the Eads Bridge for granted. But 150 years ago, it was considered one of the wonders of the modern world, an engineering marvel with Gilded Age

A Ketchikan man was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree assault - domestic violence regarding an incident in which a woman was allegedly stabbed, punched and strangled that morning in