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Christmas photoshoots with the family rarely go as planned, but that’s part of the holiday magic. From kids’ first pictures ...

For over half a century, the Wood family has grown this local recreational campground into a major destination.

JFK, the son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. He ...

Of the 136 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, only eight remain with a shot at the College Football National Championship. The top four seeds, Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia and ...

Randolph school system ranks last in state Aug. 21 By Edgar Kelley Staff Writer ELKINS — Randolph County Schools is ranked ...

Gym Class Heroes, Motion City Soundtrack, and Cartel reflect on emo's early-aughts takeover - and how they're keeping that ...

Drag superstar The Vivienne, musicians Ozzy Osbourne, D'Angelo and Brian Wison and Oscar winners Diane Keaton and Robert ...

The median home value in Rome hovers comfortably under $225,000, which sounds like a typo when you compare it to housing markets where that amount might buy you a storage shed with plumbing issues. We ...

Tucked away near the small town of Solon lies Lake Macbride State Park, a sprawling natural playground that has Iowans willingly driving hours just to spend a day in its embrace. When you first arrive ...

Tyson Foods recently announced the shutdown of its beef processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska. The news followed months of losses in its beef division, driven largely by the smallest U.S. cattle ...

What started as the flu has turned into pneumonia for this four-year-old boy, who will be staying in the hospital ...