Hi Thomas,
Thanks so much for your help. I don't have a cache plugin, but I think I will get one. So, it turns out that it was something stuck in the database. I went to wp_options, selected browse, started looking through everything and found the theme_mods_ related to the theme that would not display site-title and description.
I think it was theme_mods_genesis-sample. I deleted it (along with other theme_mods that I didn't want, but I think theme_mods_genesis-sample was the one that was preventing the title and description from showing). The title and description show now, as they did before.
Also, I saw another one called theme_mods_ tempraryrename. I can't remember if I deleted that one as well, but thought I would mention it anyway--just in case.
Thanks again and now I am off to look into the cache plugins.