Each week, our WAND Sports Team puts the spotlight on a local high school athlete who is excelling not only as an athlete, ...

Texas Rangers infielder Jake Burger holds his daughter Penelope before an exhibition baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Globe Life Field on Monday, March 24, 2025. Smiley N. Pool / Staff ...

Florida softball sophomore Taylor Shumaker is managing the pressure of fame after a record-breaking freshman season. Shumaker was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Freshman of the Year ...

Jason Shumaker, a communications executive who spent time at MTV, Viacom, Google and Verizon, has died at 55. Shumaker died Monday, Feb. 16, following complications from acute myeloid leukemia. He ...

A new affordable low-income housing community opened Thursday for seniors in Decatur. Out of the 80 units, half serve seniors with an extremely low income. The residences are part of a broader ...

Jake Shane is going from TikTok comedian to candy executive. After spending the last five years building his online following, the Forbes Top Creator and Under 30 alumnus has parlayed his 5.5 ...

Prior to Monday’s events at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, Dutch speedskater Jutta Leerdam had a pretty strong social media following. But after her record-breaking performance, in which she won ...

The 23-year-old Australian singer breaks down how he came to produce on Enhypen’s latest album: “Producing a song sparked something inside me that I didn't really know that I had.” By Nicole Fell ...

As Dutch speedskater Jutta Leerdam broke an Olympic record in her gold-medal-winning run on Monday, her fiancée Jake Paul couldn’t contain his emotions. He was crying for joy. Paul was on his feet in ...

Jutta Leerdam won gold in the women’s 1000m speed skating at Milano 2026 Olympics. She set a new Olympic record with a time of 1:12.31. Her achievement highlighted her own talent, independent of her ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics are taking place in Milan, Italy, and during the Games, Jutta Leerdam won her first Olympic gold medal in the women’s 1,000 meter speed skating final. Leerdam and Jake Paul ...