When Maria Curtis was born with Down syndrome in 1963, her Naperville family refused to institutionlize her and she would thrive.

FROM music legends like Ozzy to literary icons such as Jilly Cooper, 2025 saw the loss of many beloved celebrities. Here The ...

Arkansas lost many well-known figures in 2025, including former Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, FedEx founder Fred Smith and Razorbacks basketball star Oliver Miller.

Terri Smithson's mother sent her on a grocery errand. Taylor King rushed over to help with her purchase -- and to find out ...

In October, The Spokesman-Review wrote about how “The Strange Beautiful” author Carla Crujido is seeking stories from the Crescent and is calling on readers to submit their tales of the shopping mecca ...

Remember party lines? Switchboards? Yellow Pages? The traditional telephone is almost gone, but its cultural impact deserves ...

Which brings us to Tuesday, when TMZ published photos of Role Model—whose real name is Tucker Pillsbury —sitting close ...

Harold Termaat was standing on the hill above his 40-acre farm in Creston with his friend and neighbor in the early 1950s, ...

Everyone knows that Taylor Sheridan's hit TV show Landman is filled with swoonworthy love stories, and it seems as though the ...

Tributes were paid in 2025 following the deaths of acclaimed actors including Diane Keaton, Terence Stamp, Prunella Scales, ...

We're remembering notable individuals who died this year with ties to Connecticut, including actors and educators, coaches ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...