Through fundraising and programming efforts, the Capitals and Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation supported numerous ...

Addie Nails of Decatur has been selected as a 2025 summer intern in Washington, D.C., in the office of U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama. Britt's summer internship program is a five-week experience for ...

As the fall sports calendar gets closer to the Aug. 21 start date, here are some local prep athletes who will take the field ...

Williamsburg, Cedar Rapids Xavier claim four spots apiece on IGCA all-state softball teams. Raiders have three first-teamers ...

Soon after pitcher Reagan Bills and catcher Adalyn Hines met in August 2022, the dynamic duo became pretty much inseparable. The battery pair has helped the West Suburban 12-Under team advance to the ...

With the addition of Jasmyn Walker as Jan Jensen's assistant coach, the Iowa Hawkeyes continued to build momentum ahead of ...

Five months later, Washington’s whirlwind is still churning — whether it’s the dismantling of the Department of Education, canceled or frozen grants, tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the rich ...

The Observer's annual fall sports' preview features the region's top field hockey, golf, tennis and cross-country teams and ...

A photographer on the rail captures harness racing at the 1890 Illinois State Fair. The 2025 State Fair runs Aug. 7-17. The Metcalf & Co. Ambulance of Rochester at the 1910 Illinois State Fair. The ...

Washington Black, set in the 1830s, follows a young man named George Washington Black, a young man born into slavery on ...

Research shows mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now scientists are using that Nobel ...

The Big 12 Conference announced the 2024-25 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team on Tuesday, with a combined 846 student-athletes ...