On Saturday, April 5, 2025, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored a group of creative fifth and sixth grade students ...

In tough times, Amanda Johnston is creating a community of gratitude with contributions from poets all across the state.

In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Bards of Moon City will host a series of free poetry readings in Springfield during April.

The National Finals, hosted by National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Mac Barnett, will take place at 7 p.m., also at Lisner Auditorium, and will culminate with the announcement of the 2025 ...

Nan Shepherd’s meditative book on the great outdoors is an inspiring guide to stepping away from comforts and routine.

A quiet song that I love, and a loud song that I love: I’m more of a quiet-song person myself, so I’ll give you three: ...

Joseph Patrick Muldoon - devoted husband, loving father and grandfather, fierce competitor, voracious reader, World War II veteran, and retired library ...

For years, my friend’s father asked me to recount his childhood escape from the Nazis. Why did it take me this long?

Strachan slipped the surly bonds of earth in July 2023 at age 76. His passing was due to health issues related to the day in 1976 when, as a Kitsap County deputy, he was accidentally shot and left ...

For many years, John H. “Jack” Ryan kept heart failure at bay but on Friday, April 4, after weeks in hospice care at his home, heart failure won the battle – just a couple of months short of his 85th ...

Before his final moments, Gwan-Sik apologizes to Ae-Sun for not being able to make her life easier. In response, Ae-Sun ...

The students of St. Michael Catholic secondary school’s multicultural club were honoured last month after finishing in first ...