By Jeré Longman L.J. Smith, an author of young adult novels best known for “The Vampire Diaries” series, which became a hit television drama, and for repossessing her characters by writing ...

The young-adult fiction genre lost a gem. Beloved author L.J. Smith, best known for The Vampire Diaries, has passed away at age 66. “Lisa Jane Smith of Danville, California passed away ...

Purdue basketball junior point guard Braden Smith is one of four finalists for the Naismith Trophy, awarded to the top player in college basketball. Smith is attempting to be Purdue's third ...

Born Lisa Jane Smith in Walnut Creek, California on September 4, 1958, she was inspired to write by her high school English teacher, Zoe Gibbs. Smith studied psychology at the University of ...

Jeremy Workman’s documentary looks back at a project that may sound like a joke but had serious underpinnings. By Alissa Wilkinson Jason Statham plays a construction worker who’s as deft at ...

SHARON, Pennsylvania (MyValleyTributes) – Dion Lamont Smith, 63, formerly of Sharon ... Local arrangements are being handled by the Harold W. Stevenson Funeral Home LLC, 264 East State Street ...

The TJ Smith Stakes is a Group 1 race held at Randwick racecourse in New South Wales during the Autumn Carnival and is one of the feature WFA sprint races each year. The TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) boasts ...