Trip World News

After a slow start, the Benton Rangers moved the football in the annual scrimmage game at Tabor Field Friday night.
After a couple of penalties — one erasing an 80-yard TD run on the first play from scrimmage by Travis Crawford — the Benton first-team offense was buoyed by a 35-yard pass completion from Quincy Hamilton [...]

Getting ready for a new school year for me means taking team pictures and talking to coaches of all the fall sports. It’s something I’ve done for 17 years now, and every year one storyline always stands out.
This year an intriguing team to follow may be the Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton volleyball team. Eric Stallman’s team had the [...]

Anyone driving on a western New York country road in August will notice the appearance of the somewhat mysterious crop signs near corn, soybean or hay fields. Usually about a square foot in size, these signs are a product of human hands, not alien origin. If you have ever wondered why someone would advertise something [...]

Pet Tip: Keep those vet bills down

Dr. Susan Lauten, a pet expert and nutrition consultant, offers five ways to help keep your pet healthy:
- Good nutrition is the key to good health. Instead of skimping on your pet food budget, select high-quality foods with high levels of meat proteins and whole grains.
- Feeding [...]

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama began a two-day Virginia campaign swing Tuesday in a community with the state’s highest unemployment rate, telling a Martinsville audience that he will take aggressive steps to improve the plight of economically-distressed communities that are reeling from plant closings and layoffs.
“I’m not saying that every job is going to come [...]

Tampa Bay Rays centerfielder BJ Upton, who earlier in the day apologized for his lackadaisical base running during Monday’s victory, was once again in the middle of controversy.  This time, what happened was out of his control.
Upton hit a grounder to Angels first baseman Mark Teixeira.  Teixeira made an errant throw to pitcher Ervin Santana, [...]

John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi was the destination for 188 Jefferson Parish Golden Age Club members who participated in their yearly mystery trip this month.
Humana sponsored the trip, which began with the members boarding four chartered buses at local playgrounds, unaware of the adventure ahead of them.
“They have faith that we will give [...]

“Everything went good,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. “Lefty, righty he hit both ways. Everything feels good, he played well.”
The Twins now have good middle-infield depth for the first time in recent memory. In addition to Casilla’s availability, shortstop Adam Everett told Gardenhire that he was ready to return for the road trip. Everett missed [...]

National conventions are often used to cast a spotlight on a party’s up-and-comers, and even off-hour slots are fought over.
But noticeable by his absence from the Democratic podium next week in Denver will be Minnesota U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken, who is not expected to be among the featured speakers.
Franken, a comedian known nationally for [...]

 
The sunscreen tube is almost empty, one flip-flop is MIA and the inflatable pool has sprung a leak — sure signs that it’s time to get back in school mode. But what can parents do to make the transition from sun and surf to books and buses go smoothly?
“One of the most common situations for [...]