Katherine E. Schneider, described as a civically engaged poet, will serve a two-year term to promote creative expression and appreciation for poetry.

Maud Ludington Cain died in 1965, and I'm guessing she'd be as surprised as anyone to learn one of her poems is being published today in the Chico Enterprise-Record.

Flossie Pope was surrounded by family, caretakers, hospice nurse, and Visalia Mayor Brett Taylor, to mark the special day.

It’s impossible to pick one of Lady Gaga’s best looks ... of her style), this year’s Grammys seemed to welcome back the old Gaga. A quick glance at her shoes nearly confirmed her comeback ...

Meet the world’s oldest female barber: She is 108 but the slender, white-haired Japanese woman has no plans to retire anytime soon. Shitsui Hakoishi says the formal recognition by the Guinness ...

What about a book of poetry that reads like a novel, has characters you get to know in poems as long as a paragraph, and which at the end of the book’s 94 pages, will have you gazing out the window ...

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Matthew Hertgen, 31, faces multiple charges in connection with the death of his 26-year-old brother Joseph ... and a cat apparently posted a violent poem on social media months before the alleged ...

A 19-year-old woman is facing attempted murder and weapons charges after a child was stabbed and left with life-threatening injuries in downtown Halifax Sunday afternoon. Halifax Regional Police ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A 99-year-old woman is dead after being hit by a fire truck in Iowa City, according to an accident report. Around 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, the Iowa City Fire Department responded ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWQC) - A 99-year-old woman was hit and killed by a city firetruck in Iowa City early Saturday morning. Iowa State Patrol said at 7:13 a.m., an Iowa City firetruck was leaving a ...