The Illinois Elementary School Association boys basketball state finals were February 2026 in locations across the state, and one Peoria-area team brought home the biggest trophy. Eureka won the ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

If you want to know when mathematicians are about to have a breakthrough, you don’t need to look inside their heads. Just watch their movements at a chalkboard. “I’ve always been super intrigued by ...

Maiia’s mind has made sense of math beyond what most kids her age could comprehend, and now the exceptional student – who has dreams of playing pro tennis – has completed her first HSC exam. The ...

‘Stranger Things 5’ X reviews: Fans rave about new episodes as the gang heads back into the Upside Down; ‘This is one the best scenes in the whole f***** show’ Story: The show traces Ritesh’s (Paresh ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

Eureka volleyball player Ellie Payne was voted the Journal Star high school girls athlete of the week for Sept. 7-13. Payne ran the offense with 109 total assists as the Hornets finished the week 5-2.

This event is the fire company's biggest fundraiser of the year and helps raise money for their critical fire equipment, training and services. "It costs a lot of money to run a volunteer fire ...

Cor Jesu players celebrate winning the Missouri Scholastic Lacrosse Association girls championship on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at Missouri Baptist University in Town and Country, Mo. Cor Jesu's Georgia ...