Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

A retired school bus at a Putnam County elementary school has been transformed into a sensory-friendly haven for students in ...

Editor The disease is Type 1 Achalasia; which blocks the esophagus and makes eating a difficult and painful experience.  It ...

Stelios Papadopolous, Ph.D., a pioneering leader in biotech, appointed to Board of Directors; two industry veterans joined management team as ...

GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school board will consider during its next meeting the approval of a resolution in support of Vision 2030, a set of goals developed by educational groups ...

Protests in Davenport about federal cuts, the opening of an African American museum in Waterloo, a Sioux City refugee ...

An eight-day mission has turned into a nine-month space stint for two NASA astronauts who are finally set to come home. But ...