ELKVIEW, W.Va. — Independence had a prime opportunity to pull even or ahead during the top of the fifth inning in Wednesday’s matchup at Herbert Hoover. After the Patriots failed to do so ...

The George Washington Patriots use a big third inning to take down the Ripley Vikings at home 8-2. The Herbert Hoover Huskies score a late run to get the win over defending Class A champion Charleston ...

In 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed the Tariff Act of 1930 to raise tariffs on over 200,000 imported goods in the hopes of protecting Americans at the start of the Great Depression.

Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition: tariffs.President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930 ...