A couple in southern West Virginia has captured hearts on social media after taking in an orange cat who was found crying outside their front door during an ice storm. "The poor little dude was ...

Rickey Smiley is used to jokes; he is a comedian after all. But this week, Smiley made it clear there’s a difference between playful roasting and what feels like disrespect. The situation began last ...

I heard the screams again yesterday around noon. This deviated from the schedule. Usually the screaming starts around 1 a.m., screams so confrontational that the first time I heard them, more than a ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — When Gary Lee Bloore came into the world in 1946 in a small town near Maquoketa, his mother ...

Viral social media posts claiming a celestial "smiley face" will appear on Christmas are false. The "smiley face" illusion is an optical effect caused by the alignment of a crescent Moon and two ...

The mass shooting at Brown University has shoved Providence Mayor Brett Smiley into the national spotlight, causing some people, largely outside of the state to ask who he is. Since the shooting at ...

Gurney Norman, an Appalachian writer who documented his native region with humor and love and became a beloved creative writing professor credited with mentoring numerous Kentucky authors, died Oct.

Bodies keep surfacing — and so do questions. There's a dark current in Houston's bayous this year, with 16 bodies recovered, five of them in the same week last month. City leaders are downplaying ...

FARMINGTON — Thrill seekers will have a new reason to visit Lagoon next season. The amusement park unveiled plans Friday for a high-flying swing ride called the Nutcracker, set to open in 2026. Park ...

A mother fiercely defended her eight-month-old after a man asked her to quiet her screaming baby in a restaurant, claiming he had sensitive hearing. The confrontation, filmed by the mom and shared on ...