Meet Luna, an affectionate and sweet lady who is as playful as they come. Despite her past as a pregnant stray, she's turned ...

By Roger L. Kratochvil Some of you might remember my story that I wrote in January of 2023 called, “It may not be Lassie or Garfield, but it’s mine.” It was a story about our pets who many of us ...

This past weekend, the parish family of St. Michael's Church gathered to celebrate the final Mass of Father Thomas Hagstrom ...

Kennedy Rettig On Thursday, June 25, the Staunton Star-Times met with Staunton Fire Department volunteer firefighter Jacob ...

Kennedy Rettig On Thursday, June 25 from 2-4 p.m., the Staunton Public Library hosted their weekly summer reading program.

This week's Looking Back photo was taken in 1964 at the convention of the American Mining Congress held in Cleveland, OH, and ...

Bunker Hill High School, in partnership with Staunton High School, offers bass fishing as a co-op activity for students. This ...

Jill Pertler I’ve written about universal truths before and thought I’d completed my list, but I stumbled upon a few more. Okay, a lot more, but who’s counting? It’s sort of like the dust bunnies ...

Tom Emery In its 100 years of existence, millions have traveled on Route 66. Not all of them were human. Along the original alignment of the highway near Nilwood, 30 miles south of Springfield in ...

By Russ Rosencrans Most people look at retirement as the finish line. For me, it kept turning into a restart. I spent more than 20 years in broadcasting, telling stories, connecting with people, and ...

Each spring and early summer, Illinois roads become unlikely migration routes for one of the state's oldest residents–turtles. In recent weeks, many drivers may have noticed an increase in turtles ...

Delaney Sievers of Mount Olive was named to The University of Alabama President’s List for Spring Semester 2026. A total of 14,306 students enrolled during Spring Semester 2026 at The University of ...