Libby Sam and her family said they prayed to God for help when her 27-year-old roof started leaking this spring. Water spots showed through the... »
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Beaver volunteers reroof North Huntingdon woman’s home free of charge
Libby Sam and her family said they prayed to God for help when her 27-year-old roof started leaking this spring. Water spots showed through the ceiling of her dining room, kitchen and back bedroom earlier this year. In last week's storms, the leaks worsened. Then a miracle happened, she said. »
Beekeeper removes thousands of bees from Belle Vernon yard
When Southwest Regional police Chief John Hartman became a police officer, he never expected to deal with this kind of sting. And he wasn't sure if Wednesday morning's check on a bee colony at Bernadette Rodger's Washington Street home would end in injury or success. »
‘My goal is just to be the girl next door’
Living in a small central Illinois town, Audri Brooks, 28, considers herself a woman in a man's body. And though Brooks has always known she's different, all she really wants is to fit in. "My goal is just to be the girl next door," Brooks said. "I don't want to be noticed. I want to blend... »
Tours not for the faint of heart
BARTONVILLE — Mallory Flinn and her group of friends screamed and ducked as a bat flew through the ground floor hallway of the former Peoria State Hospital on Friday. Flinn, who grew up in Elmwood, said she heard stories about the asylum her entire life, but this was the first time she had been inside... »
Perfectly unique pumpkins
MORTON — White pumpkins, blue pumpkins, warty pumpkins, and even giant pumpkins dot the piles of traditional orange pumpkins at Ackerman Farms' pumpkin patch. And for most people, the uglier the pumpkin, the better the Jack-o'-lantern. »
Sturtz, Ragtag director, seeks seat
Paul Sturtz, 43, once experienced a failure so miserable, he said it was life-altering. He recalled that on a cold, rainy day in the summer of ‘92, he realized that his Cook Street Open Market was a disaster. He created the market off of a busy street in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Portland, Ore.... »
Spot’s fate awaiting meeting with artist
After three years of construction, five years of repairs and seven months under a tarp, the Italian glass mosaic Tiger Spot’s future is still uncertain, university officials said. Tiger Spot has been covered with a tarp since August, and the last time repairs were made to the spot was in the summer 2006. The tarp... »
First Ward candidates discuss issues
This past Saturday in the backroom of an old downtown church, two men and two women dressed in their Sunday best sat at a folding table covered in a birthday tablecloth. The candidates for the First Ward City Council seat passed a single microphone back and forth and answered questions from about 20 Columbia residents... »
Tiger Spot: University documents show continuous problems
Although it was once referred to as a “campus icon” in a letter from College of Arts and Science Dean Richard Schwartz, the deteriorating Tiger Spot glass mosaic could soon be campus history. The spot has been covered with a tarp since last August, but a new design has been created to inhabit the area... »