Grand Rapids — At the base of the statue of Gerald R. Ford outside his presidential museum along the banks of the Grand River, there is a quote from one of his fiercest political rivals in Congress.

We open up the KTVU Vault to look at the two assassination attempts on President Gerald Ford that both happened in California ...

In 1934, Willis Ward was the only Black player on the University of Michigan football team. He was a very good student and an exceptional athlete. But when an opposing coach for Georgia Tech refused ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Monday officially marks the launch of the Ford50 Campaign. Sports: How schools are trying to lower the risk of head injuries in high school football In celebration of the 50th ...

From 1975: President Gerald Ford officially “switched on” the Libby Dam near Libby, Montana. About 5,000 spectators gathered at the 420-foot-tall dam on the Kootenai River. Ford lauded the dam as a ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A prior version of this story incorrectly identified the current developer of the Sage community. It’s hard to miss the construction underway in north Palm Desert while ...

Thomas Wolfe was wrong: Sometimes you can come home again. On Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the Vail Interfaith Chapel, Vail Symposium welcomes Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald Ford and ...

Although he was only the president for two and a half years, Gerald Ford has his fair share of interesting trivia. Due to replacing Richard Nixon's original vice president, Spiro Agnew, before ...

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The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford recently transited the Strait of Gibraltar. (MC2 Jacob Mattingly/U.S. Navy) The Navy’s largest aircraft carrier, Gerald R. Ford, transited the Strait of Gibraltar ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Former President Gerald R. Ford was honored at his presidential museum in Grand Rapids Monday with a wreath-laying ceremony on his 112th birthday. The wreath-laying ceremony on ...

President Gerald R. Ford was born in Omaha on July 14, 1913 to parents Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King. Ford’s time in Nebraska was brief, he and his mom relocated to Michigan in his ...