The Peoria Housing Authority’s former CFO is being investigated for allegedly stealing $9,100 in federal funds over a period of eight months, and was fired after an internal review revealed ...

Every career begins with a defining moment, an instant when preparation meets courage and the future quietly changes course. For me, that moment came in 1983, when, at just 21 years old, I brought ...

At the same time, my path moved decisively into cultural storytelling. Through Giles and Pryor, I entered Hollywood and became a writer for Norman Lear, who understood that comedy could carry moral ...

Every career begins with a defining moment, an instant when preparation meets courage and the future quietly changes course. For me, that moment came in 1983. I was 21 years old, working at the United ...

Every career begins with a defining moment. For me, that moment came in 1983, when I brought Richard Pryor to speak before more than 1,500 Department of Agriculture employees. I was young, still in my ...

Richard Pryor's widow, Jennifer Pryor, claimed that he once threatened to kill her during a drug-fueled psychosis. Jennifer appeared on Howie Mandel's podcast, "Howie Mandel Does Stuff," in an episode ...

Mel Brooks says Richard Pryor "spurred on" Blazing Saddles' use of the N-word. The filmmaker adds that "racial prejudice is the engine that really drives the film." Ben Stiller and Dave Chappelle also ...

Monkeys are incredible escape artists, known to break out of research labs and even trucks that crashed on the highway. Private enclosures are also no match for the dexterous and scheming simians.

ST. LOUIS — Several monkeys are loose in St. Louis, the Animal Care and Control Division shared on Friday afternoon. Where the monkeys came from remains unknown, but the department said that exotic ...

For generations in Pryor, the glow of the silver screen at The Allred wasn’t just about movies. Community members say it was about moments. “I went there growing up all the time,” said Pryor resident ...