SAN ANTONIO -As Texas state lawmakers continue to make decisions that could impact public schools, Jennifer Backlund, a PTA ...

Authorities arrested a San Rafael man who allegedly robbed a person during a gambling dispute. On Monday night, the suspect ...

First word of the Trump administration’s since-rescinded order to freeze spending on federal loans and grants came not from a major news organization, but from a woman working alone in her Brooklyn ap ...

Film Independent has named Brenda Robinson acting president, while board vice chair Eric d’Arbeloff will fill her role as ...

Sheena Crowley has been announced as the Cork Person of the Month for January. Ms Crowley has been selected in recognition of her successful campaign to keep world acclaimed blues and rock ...

She recently opened a warm, welcoming and very well-stocked independent music instrument store in the heart ... has been announced as January's Cork Person of the Month. The recognition is for her ...

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Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, CA) – The Santa Barbara Foundation has opened nominations for the 82nd Annual Person of the Year awards. The ...

Richard Moore of Spartanburg was put to death on Nov. 1. Freddie “Khalil” Owens, of Greenville, was the first person executed in the state after a 13-year pause. He died on Sept. 20.

The move removed three of the four sitting members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, leaving it unable to act as the Trump administration begins ...