A record 97 teachers, administrators and support staff from more than 50 public and private schools and programs in Salem and Keizer have been nominated for the 2024 Crystal Apple Awards. The awards program recognizes excellence in local education and is presented by the McLaran Leadership Foundation in cooperation with Salem-Keizer Public Schools and the […]
Although both major parties’ presidential nominations are already sewn up, Tuesday’s Rhode Island Presidential Preference Primary will be exciting for 1,894 voters in particular: 17-year-olds who will be able to vote for the first time ever under a new law passed last year. The law gives 17-year-olds the right to vote in a primary election […]
The 2024 Oscars may have passed us by, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all the 2024 Best Picture nominees. Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic Oppenheimer had a whopping 13 nominations and took home the award for Best Picture, but it wasn’t the only star of the evening — or the only […]
The speaker of Ghana’s parliament has blocked the approval of new ministers amid a row over the president’s delay in signing an anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed last month. The presidency has asked parliament not to send the bill for his assent until legal challenges against it are dealt with. The speaker has condemned the presidency’s move […]
CASA Kane County Hands Around Courthouse set for April 4 CASA Kane County will mark Child Abuse Prevention Month with its annual Hands Around the Courthouse event at noon April 4 at the historic Kane County Courthouse in Geneva. The free event will include remarks from Chief Judge Robert Villa, CASA Executive Director Jim Di […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have secured their party’s nominations for president, setting up a rematch of the 2020 election. While both men sailed through the primary season, their paths to a win in November will be more difficult. An analysis of survey data from The Associated Press-NORC Center […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have officially secured the requisite numbers of delegates to be considered their parties’ presumptive nominees. It was a foreseeable outcome. Biden faced token opposition in the Democratic primary. Several high-profile Republicans ran against Trump but didn’t come close to knocking him off course […]
Al Pacino says he was following the instructions of the Academy Award show producers when he omitted the names of the best picture nominees while announcing the winner. The Oscar-winning actor was Sunday’s final presenter and announced Oppenheimer as the best picture winner without naming the full slate of nominees. In a statement issued on […]
Awards season came to an end with the 96th Academy Awards Sunday. If you watched the Oscars for all the glamorous celebrity outfits, over-the-top speeches and awkward moments (like Emma Stone’s dress ripping before accepting the Oscar for best actress), same here. But you may also want juicy details about the six-figure swag bags received […]
Another edition of the Press-Citizen’s Student of the Week is back. With students in Johnson County on Spring Break, their principals nominated their top students and told us why they should be chosen as student of the week. The public can vote at press-citizen.com through noon on Thursday, March 14. The winner will be announced […]
Beginning this spring, the Democrat and Chronicle will begin highlighting one of Greater Rochester’s most important assets – our students. On a variety of fronts and in numerous endeavors in schools and in our communities, teenagers do remarkable work and harness their considerable talents and make an enormous difference in the quality of life locally. […]
The 2024 Oscars are this week, which means you still have a few days to binge-watch the nominees. Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic Oppenheimer has a whopping 13 nominations, Yorgos Lanthimos’ quirky comedy Poor Things — which hits Hulu tomorrow — has 11 nods, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is in in third […]