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Students and staff surprised a vibrant young leader at Tuscaloosa's Arcadia Elementary School with a ceremony Thursday as he was named their Inspiring Excellence Student of the Month.

Students and staff surprised a vibrant young leader at Tuscaloosa's Arcadia Elementary School with a ceremony Thursday as he was named their Inspiring Excellence Student of the Month.

Larry Saunders, 73, senior funeral director of Chestnut Funeral Home for 53 years, died Tuesday following hip replacement surgery complications.

An Indiana woman and her husband will long be associated with the city of Ashland thanks to their service and her generosity to the American Band College. A ceremony Tuesday morning dedicated the new ...

After a two-year absence, the American Band College returned to Ashland this week for three weeks of clinics and two public concerts set for Sunday, June 26, at the Craterian Theater in Medford and Mo...

Matt Conaway has been named the 180-year-old bands new musical director, taking over from Bill Kisinger, who retired after more than three decades.

The City is looking for its next Historic Preservation Officer because Michelle Dodds, who has held that title for a decade, is retiring soon.

1 of 3 Gladys Wright, 102, receives her high school diploma from Kevin Knoepfel, board president of Paris Union School District No. 95.   A sign congratulates Glady Wright, 102, of Paris, Ill. for completing her high school education and obtaining a diploma through Paris Union School District No. 95. Tribune-Star/Sue LoughlinThe graduate and family: Gladys Wright, who turns 103 next month, celebrates her high school graduation, and diploma, with family mem...

As featured on As Gladys Wright arrived at the Paris Union school district administrative offices, she was greeted by the Paris high school marching band and a large group of supporters to cheer her on. After all, its not every day that someone 102 years old earns a high school diploma.

4 hrs ago Submitted photoHail the graduate: Gladys Wright will receive her high school diploma July 7. She’s 102 years old. On July 7, Paris, Ill. resident Gladys Wright will graduate high school and receive her diploma. Wright is 102 years old. She had been slated to graduate in 1936 but became very ill and had to drop out of school. It was a lifelong regret of hers that she never finished, according to Jeremy Larson, superintendent of schools with Paris Union School District No. 95. Wright,...