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Steven Watkins was the type of guy who would do anything to help someone in need, a longtime friend of his parents recalls.

Pat Olin Francis is a very proud grandmother these days. Her grandson, Matthew Olin, piloted the rescue boat that carried the Navy Seals on their mission to surprise the Somali pirates and rescue American captain Richard Phillips on Easter weekend in April.

State police said driver Ruben Guerrero, 35, who works for a trucking company based in Virginia, was taken to Provena Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin with minor injuries.

While it may not be a pot of gold, a lone tree sits at the end of a rainbow in Pawnee after storm... Photo 1 of 17 A American white pelican cruises just above the surface of Thompson Lake at The Nature Conservanc... Photo 2 of 17 A redbud petal rests in the middle of a white flowering dogwood blossom at Lincoln Memorial Garde... Photo 3 of 17 A sea ...

The Virginia School Board is apparently behind Superintendent Lynn Carter's push to get a laptop onto each high school student's desk next year.

Virginia bluebells are partial-shade lovers that bloom in April, forming carpetlike masses when in flower.

C Central, Winchester, Virginia looking for volunteer board members. April 14, 2009 - 11:58 AM By KATIE ANDERSON Journal-Courier Three area school districts are seeking volunteers to fill board seats left open after the April 7 election.

Sounds like a sophisticated singer/songwriter bearing similarities to David Gray and John Mayer with the lyrical eloquence of David Wilcox and James Taylor.

Stacy Jones owner of Waggs n Wet Noses pet sitting service in Napervlle is excited to announce they are continuing to sit for a cause in 2009.

Sam's Club will phase in its marketing of electronic health record and practice management software from eClinicalWorks Inc.

To help independent medical practitioners provide more timely care, reduce medical errors, eliminate paperwork and contain costs, Sam's Club, eClinicalWorks and Dell announced today details of its turnkey electronic medical record and practice management package ideal for small physician practices.

Beardstown Police Wednesday disclosed the names of the three men arrested in drug raids at two Virginia residences Friday.

A 36 community health centers in Illinois will get more than $15 million in grant funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Dunbar Coach Craig Jefferies reports that linebacker Javarie Johnson has written offers from Maryland, West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa, Connecticut and New Mexico.

Another quarterback is now on Boston College's board and Andrew Hendrix said the offer from the Eagles is "definitely a big offer for me." Read more about Hendrix, who also has offers from Kansas, Virginia, ...

America's Market in Wheeling brings customers back to the time of old fashioned root beer, candy buttons and pop rocks.

The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has reached what the lottery officials call the "boiling point" - $212 million.

Antioch Fine Arts Foundation Gallery: 983 Main St. 838-2274. www.antiochfinearts.org . Free Folk Music at the Gallery on second Saturday every month from 1 to 4 p.m. Bernita Schutte, painting and sculpting, and ...

The National Association of Broadcasters says its early read on stations that switched to digital from analog on Tuesday was encouraging, based on the volume of calls so far.

Now that the "word is out" in Cyberspace, I might as well confirm it here: Saul Levmore, who has been Dean of the University of Chicago Law School since 2001, will step down from the Deanship by summer 2010, ...