About half a century or so ago, this weekend would have marked the end of the Major League Baseball season for all but two teams. Prior to 1969, the winner of the American League would play the winner of the National League in the World Series. The first team to win four games was the [...]

Back in July, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu traveled to Pyongyang to see if perhaps North Korea might be willing to part with a few rounds of ammunition to help backfill reserves depleted by the “Special Military Operation” being waged in Ukraine. Even though it seems as if buying munitions from North Korea would be [...]

As you’ve been cruising around town lately, have you found yourself looking at a boarded-up storefront or an empty parking lot and thinking, “Didn’t there used to be a (FILL IN THE BLANK) there? Maybe you’ve even stopped and said out loud, “No, I’m sure this is the spot. I’ve shopped here before . . [...]

In case you missed all the sports hoopla over this past weekend, the 2023 college football season got underway. Perhaps your favorite team began this year’s campaign on a high note. Perhaps not. Regardless of the outcomes, it’s just Week One with many more to come. The last remaining survivor of the gridiron battles will [...]

Quite the potpourri of news this week. Of course, Hurricane Idalia tore through parts of Florida that seldom bear the brunt of that type of storm. Areas of Georgia and the Carolinas also felt the effects. Fortunately, property damage far outpaced the human toll as those in the path smartly heeded the pleas to hunker [...]