07/18/11 You just know college football is around the corner when the annual preseason watch lists come out. Case in point, Air Force Falcons senior halfback Asher Clark is on the 2011 Doak Walker Watch List . Clark did have over 1,000 rushing yards and put the ball into the end zone five times in 2010. Does he really have chance at being a finalist for this award? Honestly, no. Just look at the names on ...
07/18/11 Re July 6 Issac Bailey column, "Freedom denoted different things"
07/18/11 Columbia -- Ruth Johnson remembers being sent to the pay phone in the middle of the night to call the midwife when her mother's labor pains started.
07/18/11 The most important thing in college football is the retention of great players via the NFL draft and graduation. What SEC teams were hardest hit by these two things? It tells us what team are best suited to duke it out in the rigorous SEC. It is a huge indicator of who will be a conference and national contender in each season. It could tell us who the sixth straight BCS National Champion could ...
07/18/11 The Rocky Mount Inspections Department issued the following building permits from June 29 through July 5. Estimated value listed is that of the finished project. (* Valuation not reported.)
07/18/11 The Gators Were Shutout By The SEC Coaches, But Recognized By College Football Expert Phil Steele
07/18/11 BATON ROUGE - LSU junior center P.J. Lonergan is one of 42 players who have earned a spot on the watch list for the Rimington Trophy, presented annually to college football's most outstanding center, it was announced on Friday.
07/17/11 Pisgah District Ranger Randy Burgess, seen here at Looking Glass Falls in Pisgah National Forest, will be retiring next month after 33 years with the National Forest Service.
07/13/11 It's almost here, folks. SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala., are just a week away, which means the regular season is just around the corner. You're ready for some football, and we're definitely ready for some football. You can always find an interesting story or two at media days and there are always a few surprises here and there. What will the coaches say about paying players? What will players ...
07/12/11 "How did the Civil War start?" asked students in Jennifer Janik's third-grade at Big Hollow Elementary School in Ingleside.
07/12/11 The Governor David Emanuel-Adam Brinson Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution presented to the Franklin Memorial Library, Genealogy Room the following books: Jefferson County, Georgia, Land Records, Volumes One and Two by Dan Crumpton; Richmond County, Georgia, Land Records, By Dan Cru
07/12/11 The 13-day reveal of Watch Lists for college football's major awards rolls on today with the Thorpe Award, given annually to the nation's top defensive back.
07/08/11 LITCHFIELD--The East Litchfield Volunteer Fire Company has sizzled into the finals of a national barbecue recipe competiton. The makers of Tree Top apple juice invited firehouses from around the nation to enter their most delicious, mouth-watering BBQ recipes using Tree Top products.
07/08/11 The Maryland men's basketball coaching staff has been out in full force for the beginning of July's open evaluation period, which started this week. Never was that more evident than Thursday at the adidas Invitational in Indianapolis during the Houston Defenders' game against D.C. Assault.
07/07/11 Coventry Health Care, Inc. *Headquarters in Bethesda, Md. *Has operated Medicaid health plans since 1994. *Medicaid membership: 468,000. *Total membership: 4.55 million.
07/07/11 The SEC has been the most impressive conference in college football for years, and this season will be no different. Typical contenders like Alabama, Auburn, and LSU will all be ready to make a run at a conference title. The list will not end there, with talented teams filling out the bottom of the conference as well. Let's take a look at how the SEC will play out in 2011-12. Begin Slideshow
06/26/11 Five boys and 10 girls from western Iowa earned all-state honors from the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association. First-team all-staters among WI girls are Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson's Samantha Arnold in Class 3-A,...
06/25/11 Sermon preparation workshop: 10 a.m.-noon today. Learn how to prepare and deliver a sermon. Free. D. M.C. Garvin, instructor. St. John Baptist Church, 858 Tweed St. 585-1482.
06/25/11 Five boys and seven girls from southwest Iowa have earned all-state soccer honors from the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association.
06/25/11 Prep Baseball Friday, June 24 Abraham Lincoln 7-11, Thomas Jefferson 0-1 Saturday, June 25 Abraham Lincoln at Des Moines Lincoln (2), 4 p.m. St. Albert, Harlan at Carroll Kuemper tourney Clarinda Academy at Clarinda Shenandoah at Essex Western Iowa Conference tournament Consolation: Treynor 7, Missouri Valley 2 Championship: Tri-Center 9, Underwood 1 Prep Softball Friday, June 24 Lynx Classic ... | 
