It might look like a scene from yet another Jane Austen production, but this is no set. The British town of Bath recently held a celebration of the author 250 years after her birth. This historic ...

Why do the works of Jane Austen still hold so much appeal 250 years after her birth? We ask members of the Jane Austen Society of North America as well as writers Sandra Cisneros and Brandon Taylor.

Ms. Betty Jane Allman, 82, of Uniontown, passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2025, at her home. She was born in Uniontown, on July 10, 1943, to the late Samuel and Hattie Hall Gaskill. Betty married ...

Betty J. Medlin, age 94, of Greenfield, passed away Dec. 1, 2025, in Greenfield. She was born on Jan. 5, 1931, in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late Logan Tate and Mary B. Jetter. She married Jesse Nolan ...

She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, William T. Wardle (Bill); her parents, Jenny Carrick and William Kerr; and youngest son, Charles W. Wardle (Chuck).

Born May 5, 1926 in Jamaica, New York, BJ lived a long and fruitful life as a retired publishing and public relations executive. As a snowbird for many years between Westhampton, New York and Delray ...

Reflect on the author’s timeless virtue and witty brilliance just ahead of her birthday this month. Depiction of Jane Austen from ‘A Memoir of Jane Austen’ (1871), written by her nephew James Edward ...

Betty Jane Kadrmas, 95, Belfield, died on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at Benedictine Living Center, Dickinson. Betty’s Celebration of Life Service will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at ...

Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s remarkable life with rare images from the National Geographic archives. Ethologist, ...

Betty Jane Powell, age 91, of Molino, Florida, departed this life on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. Betty was born on April 21, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan to William and Frances Johnson. In 1951 she ...