Hometown

Graduation ceremonies What: Northern State University graduation. When: 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Where: Barnett Center on the NSU campus.  Online: The American News will livestream the graduation, including Buster Olney's speech, on AberdeenNews.com.  What:...

More than 380 students from Northern State University and Presentation College will graduate at ceremonies Saturday. More than 250 are expected to walk across the stage at Northern's ceremony, and Presentation will graduate more than 130. In...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -Hereford excitement abounded from the Yards to the Hill at the National Western Stock Show Jan. 17-19 in Denver. A total of 731 Herefords were exhibited throughout the three-day event. There was 390 head in the open show, 126 in the...

Project Runway Season 11 debuts tonight and the twists are coming early. First off, no Michael Kors. Sad trombone. Secondly, the contestants are competing in teams for the whole season. I'm interested in seeing how Project Runway pulls this off. As I've...

A teenage girl hit by a pickup truck in Oak Lawn on Thursday died this afternoon, authorities said. Kaylah Lentine, 14, of the 4500 block of West 88th Street in southwest suburban Hometown, was declared dead at 3:26 p.m. today at Advocate Christ...

Helpful websites and phone numbers to help plan your trip to Chester   Spinach Can Collectibles & Popeye’s Hometown Shop and Museum 1001 State Street Chester, IL 62233 618-826-4567 www.popeyethesailor.com     Stonehouse Bed and...

Sears Holdings Corp.said Thursday that it will spin off its smaller Hometown and Outlet stores as well as some hardware stores in a deal expected to raise $400 million to $500 million as it seeks to regain profitability and market share. The operator...

Sears Holdings Corp. posted a $2.4-billion loss in its fourth quarter but appeased investors by planning to sell or spin off many of its stores to boost liquidity. The Hoffman Estates, Ill., company reported a loss of $22.63 per share in the quarter that...

Stone Mountain (Ga.) Stephenson RB Mike Davis de-committed from Florida on Sunday night, leaving 16 players in the class of 2012. Davis was one of two running backs in the class and told ESPN that his de-commitment was due to a misunderstanding with the...

Florida added to its 2012 class on Sunday with its first JuCo commitment. Defensive tackle Visesio Salt committed to UF after his visit this weekend, giving the Gators three DTs in the class. Verbal commitments are non-binding. Players can sign their...

JuCo defensive tackle Damien Jacobs signed with Florida on Wednesday, becoming the first player in the Gators' recruiting class. He's the second junior college player to commit at that position this week after Visesio Salt gave a verbal commitment on...