Kathryn Ross

2 months ago | upworthy.com | Kathryn Ross

As California continues to recover from devastating wildfires, a beloved library in Altadena hosted a grand reopening event coordinated by Altadena Library director Nikki Winslow. The event took place outdoors in the library's parking lot complete with food, crafts, face painting, free books, and a reading from none other than literacy advocate and legend LeVar Burton.

Jan 9, 2025 | upworthy.com | Kathryn Ross |Eric Pfeiffer

Public HealthProgressiveKeys to ProgressHeroesFormer medic and single mom Leah Moore and her children being honored during the 2024 Keys to Progress event. TrueCultureVisit SwedenVisit SwedenPopularA Swedish woman taking things into her own hands. TruePop CultureJoyWorking at Costco is nothing to mock. CultureModern Families10-year-old Mason lovingly cared for his 18-month-old brother at 3 a.m. so that his mom could get some rest.

Jan 3, 2025 | oleantimesherald.com | Kathryn Ross

SCIO — After hearing rhetoric about the United States taking back the Panama Canal, a local woman who grew up in the Panama Canal Zone says “leave well enough alone.”Annette Allen Marsh was just 4 years old when her parents moved the family from Almond to the Panama Canal Zone in 1958. She lived there, in the isolated village of Gamboa, for the next 14 years. But that wasn’t the last time she saw the country. She visits every few years, the last time in February.

Dec 4, 2024 | oleantimesherald.com | Kathryn Ross

ANDOVER — Allegany County's District IV legislators will meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Andover Town Hall with town and village officials and the public of both Andover and Wellsville for the last district meeting of the year. This regularly scheduled event is a requirement put in place decades ago when the county government changed from a board of supervisors to a board of legislators.

Mar 7, 2024 | wuft.org | Kathryn Ross

As the sun set over Condron Family Ballpark at the University of Florida on Wednesday evening, senior University of Central Florida catcher Danny Neri felt the familiar buzz of anticipation mingled with nerves knotting in his stomach. The night was more than just another game under the lights. It was a collision of past and present, dreams and reality, as he stepped onto the diamond.