LeRoy's Sam Edmundson had himself a week, and the GCMS Falcons fell just short of winning their own tournament ...

After the big election, kids may be asking questions about the voting process. This new picture book not only tells a touching story but serves as a great introduction to ...

There’s no better way to commence your classic Christmas film viewing than with Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the next film in The News-Gazette Film Series at the Virginia ...

This week, I received devastating news from home. The kind of news that makes you doubt Annie when she promises the sun will come out tomorrow. I got my first ...

The final, official 2024 election returns are in, and boy, are they consistent. When it comes to the last three presidential elections, 2024 doesn’t look much different than 2016 or ...

Three of our elementary-school grands have a new landline phone sitting in their family room. They called us multiple times ...

On Nov. 12, the Jupiter String Quartet gave a concert in Foellinger Great Hall, offering a wonderful program of string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, as well ...

When buying a product or hiring a service, do you look at the reviews of your fellow consumers to see what they have to say about the thing? Did you ...

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees say it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into Gaza because the route on the Gaza side has become too dangerous.

While the outgoing chair of the Champaign County Board announced her departure with guns blazing, the incoming one said she hopes to promote an atmosphere of pleasant cooperation among the ...

Favorite holiday songs I hear in stores, on TV and sung by church choirs help to get me in the Christmas spirit, and ...

Overt militant, nationalistic and violent White-supremacist displays of racial hatred by private individuals and organizations are occurring with greater frequency. So too are police killings.