Stories from Sunday, February 26, 2012

Here we go again with the same old, same old. The threats have started -- if you don't do this, we will do this. Now we are getting threatened if the increased sales and use tax don't pass, we will raise your water bill. I'm so sick and tired of the city officials using that water company against us. ...

I would like to start off this week by sharing a little celebration with you, my friends. For the first time today -- and I mean the very first time, I spelled the word "receive" correctly on the first shot.

For Gosnell's Kemahri Soward, the 2011-12 basketball season was supposed to be a break-out year. Lady Pirate head coach Jenna Weeks set goals of reaching the 4A state tournament, and Soward was going to play an key role in getting there. But that would not be the case. On Nov. 15, 2011, in Gosnell's first conference game of the year against Westside, Soward suffered a knee injury during the first 30 seconds of the game. She would not return...