St. Catharines teen gains confidence in pageant bid
For Jennifer Tessier, competing for a top pageant spot is about learning inner strength and self-assurance. Tessier, 15, was recently among 20 finalists at the Miss Teen Canada World-Ontario search to advance to the Miss Teen Canada World pageant in July.[...]
Read more on St. Catharines Standard

3 get decades in prison for torturing teen
Three people convicted of beating, torturing and keeping a 16-year-old boy captive in a Tracy home were each sentenced Monday to at least 30 years in state prison after the teenager’s aunt blasted them as “sadistic,…
Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Local pastor to speak at Judson’s commencement
Local pastor the Rev. Nathaniel Edmond will speak at Judson University’s Fall 2010 commencement Saturday, Dec. 11. Fall commencement will be held at the Robert D. Lindner Fitness Center, 1151 N. State St. in Elgin. Edmond was ordained in the ministry in 1995 and joined Second Baptist Church of Elgin as their pastor in 2000.
Read more on Daily Herald