Lamar University students, faculty and staff won a total of 49 awards, including 18 first places, in the 2008 Excellence in the Media competition sponsored by the Press Club of Southeast Texas.

July 9 was a sparkling sunny day on Presque Isle Bay when Danny DeVito, the actor/director/producer, led an eight-person entourage onto the vine-covered porch at Smugglers' Wharf for lunch.

It was some 60 years ago, in middle-American Wichita, Kan. - hardly the place one thinks of as a metropolitan epicenter of culture and modern creative genius - that Dave Yust tagged along with his parents to visit with their artist friends, and decided th

Over the past 25 years, Norman’s Jazz in June Festival has entertained its participators with some of the biggest names in the jazz industry. Past performers include John Althenburg, Beto and the Fairlanes. This year was no different.

J oan Berkley’s summer is jam-packed with volunteering, whether it’s overseeing the Alvin Ailey summer dance program or serving on the boards of Powell Gardens and the Johnson County Library.