GROWING AN APPLE TREE ISN’T AS SIMPLE AS DISNEY’S ROMANTICIZED VERSION OF JOHNNY APPLESEED. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU PLANT A SEED FROM A RED DELICIOUS APPLE, IT ISN’T A GUARANTEE THAT A RED ...

Thoughts on the first round of the IHSA football playoffs? I have a few of my own after 26 of the area’s 46 qualifiers ...

Here’s a look at opening round football playoff games for the Journal-area: Saturday, Nov. 2 Class 8A: Maine South 49, Naperville North 42: No. 20 Maine South (7-3) survived an offensive shootout to ...

In the preseason Big 12 media poll, the top five were Utah, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Kansas and Arizona. At least K-State looks good. It's been a nightmare for the rest of the group, including ...

Every year for 12 straight years, at least one area team has brought home a regional championship and played for a state ...

In a pregame ceremony before Friday’s game against Maine, Boston College will officially honor three former men’s hockey standouts — Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Gaudreau and Tony Voce —, who ...

On Reddit, the “Stop Eating Seed Oils” community has 42,000 members. On Facebook, the private group “Seed Oil-free snacks and foods” has more than 150,000 members. On TikTok and X ...

Learn more. Abby Kraemer converted a penalty kick midway through the first half, and Maine clinched the No. 1 seed in the America East women’s soccer tournament by defeating New Hampshire ...

TURNS OUT HE WAS VERY MUCH A REAL PERSON. JOHNNY APPLESEED, AKA JOHN CHAPMAN, WAS BORN HERE IN LEOMINSTER BEST ESTIMATION, HE’S HIS HOMESTEAD IS WITHIN TWO MILES OF HERE. A DRIVE UP JOHNNY ...

In 2024, though, that streak is in doubt as no central Maine team holds a top seed as they navigate playoff fields headlined by strong outsiders. Look no further than the Pine Tree Conference.

Liz Schreiber dips a toothpick in white glue, dabs a pale cucumber seed and places it on the cheek of a painted rabbit. She does it again and again with fluid efficiency. Hundreds of dabs will ...

Lewiston, Maine — With flags lowered across the state, Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history planned to mark the day ...