LINCOLN, Neb. — They met in the stately brick building in the North Bottoms, long after its elementary school students had gone elsewhere and Hayward Elementary had become a school for middle and high school students with special needs. Bill Kechely landed there in 1975 (the same time he ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — From his office chair in the back-right corner, Jimmy Kimble leaned back and peered through the window into the spacious Republic Services welding complex in South Memphis. The tool-covered warehouse has been his kingdom for most of his life — 55 years to be exact. Friday ...

YORK, Pa. — One of the great survivors stood proudly at his door, which was decorated with American flags. He looked out onto another day, the sun breaking through the clouds. His face lit up through all its years. “I’ve got the handiest apartment around,” Dale Chapman ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Glenn Gass thinks it’s time to step aside. There was a point, long ago, when he had to prove teaching a class about rock ‘n’ roll was worthwhile. Some of the old guard at what was then just the Indiana University School of Music turned up their noses at the idea. ...

MARQUETTE — Michigan State University Extension will be offering a program to help seniors, adults and teens limit stress through mindfulness concepts and practices to reduce stress and related symptoms.The five-class series titled “Online Stressless With Mindfulness” begins at 3:30 p.m. ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— At 108, Phil Corio is certainly one of the oldest people in New Mexico and the U.S. But now the Los Ranchos resident has a new claim to fame: he just might be the oldest person in the world to survive COVID-19. Phil’s son, 58-year-old Ron Corio, said he and his dad ...