Grins were ear to ear Monday night as three adults with Down syndrome advanced to the next belt at Burris’ Academy of Karate & Tae Kwon Do in downtown Gastonia. After 10 years of hard work, ...

Vincent Almeroth tried gymnastics. He tried soccer, basketball and baseball, too. But the 11-year-old from Glenview, Ill., is dyslexic, which made it difficult for him to focus on the playing field.

At only 11 years old, Jonah Thompson, of Dorr, has risen to the top of the Tang Soo Do Karate ranks to earn a black belt. For the last five years, Thompson has studied the art of Tang Soo Do, meeting ...