The Thomasville Ritz Music Festival kicks off this Saturday to raise money for the Thomasville Read Foundation, helping local kids improve reading skills. The program costs about $12,000 to run.

In early 2026, a small group of first-grade students at Lucy Wortham James Elementary School in St. James, Missouri, sat together sounding out words.

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Mayor Donna Deegan recognized Jacksonville's top young River City Readers and the first anniversary of the literacy program's ...

Khloe Allain, a Greater New Bedford Voc Tech junior, helps foster a love of reading in young learners through the Rie's Readers program.