MLB: Buster Posey's Brutal Injury & the 10 Biggest Storylines of the First Half

06/28/11 The 2011 season has had some amazing storylines both on and off the field. We have seen some outstanding baseball, some bad injuries and several bizarre occurrences in the first half of the season. Some teams have surprised, while others have disappointed.  Let's take a look at the top ten stories thus far in Major League Baseball from 2011. Begin Slideshow

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Cards 6-2 win leaves room for decisions

06/28/11 The were never threatened except for the Orioles' lightning attack against Ryan Franklin in the eighth inning.

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Tough situations have brought out the best in Daniel Bard

06/28/11 On May 23 in Cleveland, Daniel Bard entered the game with a runner on second and one out in the eighth, charged with protecting Boston's one-run lead.

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MLB: For Phillies, Beating Red Sox or Yankees Must Be Ultimate Goal

06/28/11 Tonight is the first game of a three-game series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox . As the Phils and the Sox are the two teams that many folks have been forecasting as potential World Series rivals since spring training, this matchup is a highly anticipated one. Particularly for the Phillies, is it also a vitally important one. It is no secret that, despite something of ...

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Anti-war Democrats in region want speedy withdrawal from Afghanistan

06/22/11 Some Democrats are nervous about Afghanistan given the war's loss of public support.

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Community Sports Calendar, June 21, 2011

06/22/11 The Community Sports Calendar on Columbian.com is updated each Tuesday. Submit items for the calendar by sending an e-mail to paul.danzer@columbian.com, or call 360-735-4521.

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Connelly: Altha Lee at 100 -- a witness to history

06/22/11 Altha Lee Harris-Brooks, fresh from celebrating her 100th birthday, has lived the "American century." She was born the seventh of 13 children in rural Oklahoma. She joined the great African-American migration to the North and worked for U.S. Steel in Gary, Ind. She came West to witness the evolution of Seattle -- and her neighborhood.   

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MLB Trade Rumors: 5 Moves That Need to Be Made to Contend for the Title

06/21/11 The NBA and NHL champion's have been crowned and the NFL lockout is nearing its hundredth day. Sports fans across America can focus their attention fully on Major League Baseball.  Teams are beginning to show if they are contenders or pretenders, but no team is perfect. Every team in baseball has their flaws, but each team has the same goal: Win a ring. Baseball is the one major sport in America ...

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Red Sox Pitchers Getting Their Swings In As They Prepare for Trips to National League Parks

06/21/11 The Red Sox pitchers have been getting their hacks in lately. Interleague play will take them to three straight National League parks beginning Friday in Pittsburgh, where Jon Lester will be the first to step to the plate this year. The preparation for this moment actually begins in spring training. Each pitcher gets to face live pitching of some kind, never taking a swing but just standing in ...

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Around town 6/16

06/16/11 Published: Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market: 3-6 p.m. on the lawn at Canterbury Episcopal Chapel, Hackberry Lane between Paul W. Bryant Drive and University Boulevard.

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Storms over; back to the heat

06/15/11 Almost 3,000 Nashville Electric Service customers are without power as a result of the severe thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon.

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Newspapers, Schools, Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Alabama, Pelham, Alabaster, Calera, Hoover, Birmingham

06/15/11 -Prudential Relocation Inc. to Mohammad I. Zeidan and Zainab A. Zeidan for $180,000 for Lot 25 at Weatherly Glen Abbey.

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Wright breaks through

06/14/11 SALTILLO - J.R. Wright has tied for first place four previous times in a North Mississippi Coca-Cola Juniors Tour event. All four times, the Aberdeen resident lost in a scorecard playoff.

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Toliver Elementary School awards announced

06/09/11 William Earl Adams Citizenship Award: Zoe Sigola, daughter of Al and Kristi Sigola; and Cameron Davis, son of Karen and Todd Davis and Kenneth and Angela Kik.

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NATO's 50 terrorist strikes a day

06/08/11 On Tuesday the British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the House of Commons "We are flying fifty missions per day".

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Local motorsports schedule June 9

06/08/11 THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE MADERA SPEEDWAY Schedule: 6 p.m. Saturday, Al Pombo Classic, USAC S

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Local Sports

06/08/11 1. Pittsburgh, Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA. 2. Seattle, Danny Hultzen, LHP, Virginia. 3. Arizona, Trevor Bauer, RHP, UCLA.

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Governor Bentley fills district judge vacancy in Etowah County

06/01/11 Governor Robert Bentley has filled a vacancy for Etowah County District Judge by appointing Will Clay to the position. Clay replaces the former Etowah County District Judge Wayne Owen who retired after 28 years of service on the bench.

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Newspapers, Schools, Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Alabama, Pelham, Alabaster, Calera, Hoover, Birmingham

06/01/11 -William Bandy Stewart III, 34, of Birmingham and Kelley Renee Barber, 32, of Birmingham. -William Joshua Scott Elliott, 24, of Montevallo and Ashlee Brooke Stiglich, 21, of Montevallo.

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Clay named to vacant Etowah district judge seat

06/01/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press GADSDEN, Ala. Attorney Will Clay has been appointed to a vacant district judge position in Etowah County. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley on Wednesday appointed Clay to replace former Etowah County District Judge Wayne Owen. Owen has retired after serving 28 years on the bench. Clay is a graduate of Auburn University and the Birmingham School of Law. He ...

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