Rodney Cravens, 76, of Springfield, died on March 8, 2025, at his home. He was born in Springfield on June 16, 1948, the son of Ira Dale and Helen Cravens. Rodney graduated from Williamsville High ...

Joseph Stephen “Joe” Semanik, 73, of Springfield, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2025, at his home. A Memorial Gathering to celebrate Joe’s life will be held at 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on ...

This special print edition commemorates and honors those who were lost the previous months.

Righting the Past is an effort to recognize the impact these once marginalized men and women had on the community by writing their obituaries the way they should have been when they died.

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The Senate will vote on a Republican-backed amendment to the state constitution that would eliminate every person’s right to bail for dozens of criminal charges. Their effort upends the presumption of ...

Senior state champion Ryan Burton (175) recorded a pin and junior 144-pounder Ryan Mitchell picked up a decision for SJR’s other two bout wins. The victories by Bautista and Paino were what put ...

SJR 21 seeks to invoke an Article V convention, where specific delegates from every state would amend the Constitution to enforce term limits for the nation’s legislators. Rep. Alex Burton ...

The final day of the team portion of the 2025 NJSIAA wrestling season is just a day away. Fourteen of the state’s best teams — from Group 1 to Non-Public B and every group in between — will ...

LOS ANGELES — Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping, true-crime bestseller “The Onion Field” and numerous gritty but darkly humorous novels about day-to-day police work drawn from his own ...

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