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Susan McKinney is the librarian at the St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library. She is an avid reader and enjoys ...

The thin, outermost ring in the photo is composed of particles shepherded by the gravity of two moons orbiting around it.

Raising a child in America has never been cheap. In the first year alone, it costs an average of $20,384, according to parenting website Baby Center. But President Donald Trump's ...

The prompt for the holiday gathering held by my authors group was to bring a symbol of a favorite Christmas memory with a short story or poem describing its significance.

April 15 tax deadline day was busy, both for taxpayers and tax collectors. The Internal Revenue Service reportedly was expecting a total of 180 million individual returns to be filed, an estimated ...

Dozens of Ukrainians gathered at a bombed-out church in the country’s north to celebrate Easter Sunday, doubting a ceasefire with Russia is possible. In the village of Lukashivka, the faithful ...

On April 1, the stage of Foellinger Great Hall resounding with the brilliant playing of one of the great violinists of our time, Anne-Sophie Mutter. She is now near the ...

Miss Manners never covered this one. Then again, Miss Manners probably never paid more than 75 cents for a dozen eggs.

Appreciate Beauty; Invite Peace; Blessed Be. Mary Lucille Hays lives in Birdland near White Heath. She is serious about answering mail from readers. Consider subscribing to support your small-town ...