The Jackson City Council voted 6-1 to hire an executive search firm to assist in finding the city's next police chief.

St. Charles has a young softball team this year with no seniors but still delivered a dominant win in its first playoff matchup. Coming off a first-round bye the No. 6 seed in the Division II select ...

According to conventional presidential campaign wisdom, loose talk denigrating a religious tradition practiced by millions of Americans would seriously damage — if not sink — a candidate's bid for the ...

When people ask whether kids in public schools have First Amendment rights, I’m tempted to answer “only if you think they’re human.” After all, the U.S. Constitution recognizes that every person is ...

ROCK ISLAND - Robert Charles Haynes, 68, of Rock Island, Illinois, transitioned this life at Select Specialty Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, on Tuesday, October 23, 2018. Homegoing service for Robert ...

School officials in Lake City, Ark., have come up with a novel solution to the fight over prayer at graduation: No prayer, no graduation. On May 6, the school board voted to cancel sixth-grade ...

Charles Gerald “Jerry” Haynes, age 83, of Longmont, Colorado passed away peacefully of natural causes at his home on Monday, March 24, 2025. Born in Norton, Kansas, Jerry was the eldest child of ...