Gracie Jeffries didn’t expect to visit, eye to eye, with a gray rat snake. But that was her unexpected treat Friday, Jan. 13, when she was the first beneficiary of a close encounter with reptiles in ...

AS summer arrives, bringing longer days drenched in sunlight, now is the perfect time to turn your attention to the garden and give your cherished plants the care they deserve. With rising ...

Surrounded by woods, a pond and adults who care, kids as young as 6 weeks old are nurtured at the Olive Tree Early Learning Academy, which opened in September. The brainchild of Knox County Board of ...

LOS ANGELES — Under the canopy of the enormous olive tree that shades his home, Daniel Gerwin’s 11-year-old son ascends the tree’s gnarled trunk like an expert climber while his brother, 7, reads a ...