The other night, while watching the nightly news, I heard the newsman announce that the next featured story of the night was to be about lefties. That would be me!
With the help of local generosity, the Carthage Area United Way reached beyond the goal for 2011.
Annie Johnson learned how to write her name in Arabic, Daffol Ott taught students how to speak a few German phrases and Juan Lopez was happy to speak about his native Guatemala.
A ministry started by a former Carthage coach five years ago has helped a lot of area youngsters develop into top-notch basketball players while instilling strong Christian values.
It’s important to parent with a purpose. After all, it is the most significant job you will ever have in life.
Dawit is doing very well. His language improves all the time. He takes speech once a week to help him learn English sounds. The transition from Tigrinyan to Amharic to English is not easy.
Second graders at Steadley Elementary School in Carthage got the chance to be sports reporters for a while and interview a Major League Baseball player.
Every customer at McDonald's has a chance to share a heart.
Being unprepared could cost you the chance to live your dream.
In the 2011 Christmas season many area businesses, school groups and community organizations participated in the Salvation Army’s Bell Ringer Competition.
Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on insurance and land investments.
Columnist Loretta LaRoche says that despite all the exercising and healthy eating she’s done over the years, she finds herself realizing that her body is starting to look how her mother’s did. Her suggestion: maintain a healthy sense of humor.
It's a chaotic, funny scene when young kids organize a ballgame. ...
Carthage Kiwanis Club members, assisted by their Carthage High School Key Club counterparts, are working to bring a classic carousel back to life.
St. Luke's Nursing Center embraced National Activities Professional Week (Jan. 23-27).
Who hasn’t been on the way home from the umpteenth carpool drop off and a hard day’s work, only to realize that dinner hasn’t crossed their mind all day? In a pinch, both financially and when you’re short on time, there’s nothing better than a rotisserie chicken. Here are a few of my all-time favorite last minute recipes that all begin with one shredded little chicken.
My husband works in the music industry. Like most husbands, he has a tendency to take his work to bed with him. For us, this means he goes to sleep dreaming of music. I know this because there are times when I wake up to the sound of him humming in his sleep. Truthfully, the humming is kind of cute. But the other thing he does in his sleep is conduct. And things can get dicey when he is working on a big orchestral piece and I happen to be sleeping in the string section.
