Community volunteer Kathy Whitson is being remembered as a kindhearted woman of faith. Whitson, 66, of McClelland died Sunday afternoon at Nebraska Medical Center with most of her family at her side.

MAGGIE DIVELBISS, the heart and soul of Pueblo's Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, is the richly deserving recipient of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award in the arts and humanities. Ms. Divelbiss will receive

Fans of Toronto writer Pasha Malla can download a free copy of his debut short story collection, The Withdrawal Method , for free until Sunday from anansi.ca, the website of publisher House of Anansi.

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Thousands of dollars in grants, including a special disaster-relief grant in the wake of recent tornado damage, were presented Tuesday by the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri.

Students from nine Christian schools recently competed in the Math Olympics at Northshore Christian Academy in Everett as part of the Association of Christian Schools International Math Olympics.