There was a time when one needed a parental permission slip to check The Catcher in the Rye out of the Bad Axe junior high school library due to its "graphic" nature.

The smoke is starting to clear somewhat around Ark City businesses.

Entertainment promoter Glenn Wheatley has told a jury he is still ashamed about cheating the tax system, but he is not a dobber.

The court hearing for Mahdi Hassan Ali, the alleged gunman in last month's triple slaying in Minneapolis, had just begun Tuesday when it took its first strange turn.

It took one month from the start of the soccer season, but the Tivy boys team finally got its home opener Tuesday against San Antonio Antonian. Then they waited 78 more minutes to make things interesting.

t Hibbard leaves Tejon I learned Monday that Barry Hibbard, the longtime vice president of commercial development for Tejon Ranch, is leaving the company to strike out on his own.

Former NSW and Australian winger Eric Grothe says "every game is a job interview" for him in the NRL this year, as he strives to get another deal at the Eels.

Chronicle Sports Writer BELGRADE - Belgrade head coach Shanna Smith wouldnt make a good poker player.

A Beckendorff Junior High eight-grader remains hospitalized after a fellow student punched him in the jaw Tuesday, and one Muslim advocacy group is saying the victim was targeted because of his religion.

ASHEBORO Begonia was the championship word which Alex Mebane spelled correctly in the 12th round, along with primal, to win Randolph County Schools 2010 Spelling Bee Tuesday night.

Luke Payne worked up a sweat in jeans and a T-shirt yesterday afternoon digging his car out of packed-in snow on Amelia Street in Fredericksburg so that he could go to work at 5 p.m. Payne was well aware that he could return from his job only to find that another motorist had claimed the product of his hard labor....

CHICAGO | After hitting iron, Jake Victorsonbecame a man of steal Tuesday night.

I'm about to place my employer in jeopardy of breaching a contract with a very powerful organisation, but sometimes an ombud's got to do what an ombud's got to do.

KEY WEST With only four home games on its 20-game schedule, the Key West softball team will spend a lot of time on the road during the 2010 campaign. The Lady Conchs started their road travels... read more

Cleveland has the longest winning streak in the NBA this season. The Cavaliers also have the best record in the league. New Jersey has the NBA's worst record and has lost seven straight.

Winter sports enthusiasts wait four years for the big show and now, in just two days, it is set to begin with the...

Is Gov. Donald Carcieri flagrantly violating state law by not sending the cities and towns the third quarter car tax reimbursements that were due a week ago today?

TOMS RIVER Nottinghams Stephanie Hicks was named Most Courageous Athlete at Mondays Mercer County Track & Field Girls Championship Meet, but Jackie Chester should have received a little consideration.

Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club's Roberto Chin, left, and Gerardo Bojorquez spray a fertilizer on the 14th green ahead of next week's World Golf Championships - Accenture Match Play Championship. Warm-ups start Monday, and the tournament begins next Wednesday.

HOPING TO AVOID traffic on your evening commute? The state Department of Transportation wants to help. The agency is now tweeting traffic alerts to notify drivers of jams, construction delays and dangerous conditions on Interstate 93. You can follow the updates (preferably not while driving) at twitter.com/nhdoti93.

The MTA finds itself facing an unex pected $772 million shortfall, because a dedicated payroll tax imposed on local businesses is producing less cash than anticipated. What's Gov. Paterson's proposed fix? Raising the same already under-performing payroll tax. But only in New York City, where the tax will...

SEGUIN In basketball, sometimes one team just seems to have another teams number. (Just ask a Phoenix Suns fan how they feel about the San Antonio Spurs.)

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Douglas Station arrested a subject on Saturday with a felony conviction for rape. The Border Patrol continues protecting the community by keeping unwanted criminals off of our streets.

McLennan Community College will be losing one of its six University Center partners, though college officials dont expect a drop-off in the degree programs offered through the center.

COURTLAND It was no contest from beginning to end. The No. 1-ranked R.A. Hubbard High boys basketball team dominated all phases of the Class 1A, Area 16 championship game Tuesday night at Hoover White Gym, rolling to an 87-54 win over Shoals Christian.

Wow. Just ... wow. When we launched the Lust Survey, we had no idea how it might go over. Would readers be able to perform under the pressure of being watched? Well, you not only performed, you put on a hell of a show.

An aerial survey conducted Monday shows that cold weather is keeping manatees bunched up at warm-water refuges.

Yep. I actually rapped. And it was about the weather.

Some people watch the Super Bowl because their teams are fighting for the win. Some people watch the game because their favorite musicians are performing at halftime. Some people watch it to gather together with friends and wings.

Anoka County will apply for a federal grant that will aid in the effort to stop domestic violence.