Young Life

WHEN I WAS A KID, tea parties were a regular part of my young life. I had an aluminum tea set (so it wouldn't break) and I could only use water (in case it spilled), but along with my Easy-Bake Oven cupcakes and Play-Doh cookies, I served quite a nice table for Little Lulu, Madame Alexander and  

TORRINGTON — A city woman was thrown clear of her boyfriend's spinning car and killed on I-691 in Meriden on Saturday, leaving her family and a large circle of friends to cope with a sudden and bewildering loss.  

MATTOON — Following the Mattoon High School football game on Sept. 12 against Normal Community, the Focus Youth Ministry of Mattoon’s First Southern Baptist Church is hosting a “Fifth Quarter” concert.  

Thomas Bourke is just weeks away from embarking on the most important trip of his young life when he leaves this month for China, where he will undergo stem cell therapy.  

The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department continues to investigate a former volunteer with connections to an area youth ministry after a second round of sexual assault charges were leveled against him on Aug. 21.  

The “Go Runners!” painted in bright red letters on the car window, the pale blue backpack stuffed with school gear and an Obama ’08 campaign button lying on the asphalt at the site of Tuesday morning’s deadly crash only hinted at the lively, full life of 17-year-old Angela Mae Dwyer.  

Labor Day will be a day off from work, but not a day off from working out for hundreds in Glen Ellyn. More than 500 are expected to participate in St. Petronille's 9th annual 5K Run/Walk for Youth Ministry at 8 a.m. Monday morning.  

The Youth Ministry and the Fund for Young Talent has called a competition to award grants to 500 students.  

Asheville-born classical violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley has been winning awards all his young life. Asheville-born classical violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley has been winning awards all his young life.  

Granddaughter Grumpy, aka Mackenzie Noelle Boughey, headed back to school this morning filled with glee and anticipation. Thus comes another rite of passage (following losing her first baby tooth several weeks ago) in her young life. Today she’s going into the first grade.  

A Cape Girardeau ministry created to reach teens celebrated a milestone Saturday.  

Asheville-born classical violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley has been winning awards all his young life.  

Collision youth ministry of Trinity Fellowship heard the rumor - Pampa is taking a stand against graffiti - and the group decided to be a part of it.  

EDMONTON -- At 11 years old, Rhett Deleeuw had been driving ATVs for over half his young life. But that experience meant nothing when Rhett was crushed to death by the machine after hitting a bump on his Athabasca-area farm Thursday at his mom's surprise 40th birthday party.  

HOPKINTON'S ERIN THESING, a 20-year student at the University of New Hampshire, considered herself apolitical for most of her young life.