RESOLVED.
Ok, here was the issue. Long story short, yes, it was a plugin.
I had a plugin called ‘upcoming events’ that caused the issue. I didn’t just add this plugin which is why I didn’t think it was a plugin issue.
The date changed from Sep. 25 to 26 and the last remaining event on the ‘upcoming events’ list disappeared, triggering this problem. Once I either disabled that plugin OR added new upcoming events(s), everything was ok.
Thanks for responding. Yep, first thing you should do is deactivate all plugins – everything worked fine when I did that so I instantly realized it was a plugin and then went through the list.
thanks, resolved.
Also, I just tried the default theme – same issue. I’m going to try working through my web host to re-install WP or something….
I’ll post my progress – until then please chime in if you have suggestions.