This composite view of the stage and boxes of Alton's old Temple Theatre show the elaborate decor in the popular theater.

Alexis Sheridan Littles, Allysa Vasquez, and coach Mary Kate Vashaw of the OFSC are pictured at the Empire State Games.

On Feb. 22, 1980, the “Miracle on Ice” took place at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, as the United States Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win ...

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Do you believe in miracles? Nicole Estaphan is exploring the tiny village that for 45 years has been linked to Olympic glory.

Phil Pelletier of North Andover went to Lake Placid in February 1980 with his four brothers — Jere, Bill, Lee and Ray — to check out the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Julia Taubitz clinched the women's World Cup luge singles overall championship on Saturday, marking the 27th consecutive year that a German slider has captured the title.

I had the best job anyone could ask for during the 1980 Olympics. I reported only to Rev. J. Bernard Fell, president of the ...

1968 — Wilt Chamberlain becomes first player to score 25,000 points in the NBA. 1980 — Eric Heiden wins his fifth gold medal and shatters the world record by six seconds in 10,000-meter speed skating ...