Amaryllis! Need I say more. Amaryllis bulbs produce some of the richest colored blooms of any plant, and for that reason they are one of my favorite plants to grow. ***side note, if you're looking to ...

I will admit the Winter Olympics are mostly not my thing. After all, I’m a running journalist, and the Summer Olympics are the one time every four years that track and field takes the global center ...

A crowd browsing items on sale at the Audio-Reader Networks Audio Sale in February 2025. The sale will return to Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., on Friday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 14. The ...

Your days of running a timed mile may have ended after leaving grade school, but you likely remember just how brutal it felt. A 6- or 7-minute mile was considered solid. Every so often, a gifted ...

A 16-year-old from New Zealand has set a new world record for the fastest mile run by an under–18 athlete. Sam Ruthe crossed the finish line in an extraordinary 3:48.88 minutes at the John Thomas ...

GOAL runs the rule over the British players earning a living away from their homeland, with plenty more stars deciding to leave their comfort zones in search of a better footballing life elsewhere.

She sails past me in the first few hundred metres of parkrun, fluorescent gloves flashing as she goes. I’m used to this now. Alice Riddell-Webster is a year older than I am and in the same age group – ...

Two million books, housed across a sprawling building, free for anyone to borrow and read. That's the wealth that Anke Gowda, a retired sugar factory worker from India's southern Karnataka state, has ...