12/27/09 Raleigh County PSD board, 6 p.m., district office, Sophia. Town of Sophia Neighborhood Crime Watch, 6 p.m. Town Hall. Community participation wanted. American Legion Bingo, 6:30 p.m., 1708 S. Kanawha St., Beckley. 12/26/09 Ten years after their disappearance, little hope remains that Ashley Freeman or Lauria Bible are alive somewhere today. 12/27/09 HEFLIN -- Officials have identified the pilot who crashed his small plane in the Talladega National Forest in northeastern Alabama as 21-year-old John Lawrence Gilbert Jr. 12/27/09 The Giants, Yankees and Devils produced championship seasons this decade, but life was no parade for the Jets, Mets, Nets, Knicks and Rangers. Several players provided out-of-this-world moments (Aaron Boone, David Tyree, Mike Piazza), while others crashed to earth (Plaxico Burress, Roger Clemens). 12/27/09 A state trooper report said Jadi Nicole Brock, 14, was killed in the accident Saturday night on Macedonia Road in Ragland. 12/27/09 One teenager is killed and three are hurt following a single car accident in the St. Clair County community of Ragland. Alabama State Troopers say 14-year-old Jadi Nicole Brock was killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in lost control on Macedonia Road and crashed into a ravine. 12/24/09 Want to increase your holiday funds? Here's a tip. Find an autographed baseball card featuring Edwardsville native Lee Wheat, and you can reward yourself, especially if that card is part of a complete set of the Topps 1954 card series. 12/27/09 An Alabama senator will pre-file a bill Monday that may provide more protection for American Indian burial sites, potentially including an ancient stone mound behind the Oxford Exchange. 12/23/09 January Tempers flair in Oakland, California, when Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police fatally shoot Oscar Grant during an attempted arrest. Grant, a Black man, was unarmed, causing protests in the Bay Area. The arresting officer is charged with murder. Violence erupts throughout Brownsville, Brooklyn, as 10 people are shot in a week. Community leaders, including Charles Barron, A.T. Mitchell ... 12/27/09 North Alabama's oldest and biggest holiday hoops tournament kicks off Monday morning. 12/27/09 A toddler is in the hospital as state troopers look for the person responsible for sending him there. The Alabama Department of Public Safety says the 4-year-old is a victim of a hit and run in Madison County. 12/27/09 NICK LaSPADA Billerica Player of the Year The 6-2, 180-pound quarterback/free safety capped a superb 2009 season by being named the Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year (4th ever from area) as a sophomore. | 
