Courier sports editor whose lengthy career in journalism took him from Bluffs to papers in Decatur and New York has died. Bluffs native Robert "Bob" Merris died Monday in Minneapolis. He was 96. He ...

Actors Gene Hackman, Val Kilmer, and Michelle Trachtenberg died in 2025. Musicians Roberta ... and MLB Hall of Famer Bob Uecker. Below, we look back at those we lost in 2025.

They seek escape from “the whole organized bit” or “the system,” as the couple puts it; technology is a death force, and the point of hitting the road is to leave it behind. The solution ...