A jury was selected today in the case of a man accused of hiring people to repeatedly attack and try to kill his in-laws after they stopped giving him money. ...more

November 3, 2008

After being violently attacked two times, a fearful Grigori and Galina Komissarchuk asked their son-in-law, Alex Shevgert, if they could move into the home Shevgert shared with their daughter. The couple didn't realize that Shevgert had hired the attackers who had beaten the couple with a hammer, causing life-threatening injuries, court documents say. ...more

October 31, 2008

His days start early, ridiculously early - with a 4:15 a.m. wakeup call and a workout that ends before the sun peeks out over the horizon. ...more

October 16, 2008

How many clicks does it take to help a local animal shelter win a $1 million makeover? We'll know in 37 days, when a new opinion-sharing Web site, Zootoo.com, tallies up the points. ...more

February 23, 2008

Ruth and I took a ride out into the country earlier this week to the visit Edd and Rita Vowels, who just about a year ago sold off all but one of their McDonald's restaurants. Last Feb. 15, I wrote the final chapter on the couple's highly successful business ventures in the tri-county area as well as their influence on so many of the area's community affairs. Then on the 21st of that month they signed the papers that closed out that phase of their life. They then officially joined the ranks of the relaxed retired ones. "One thing about retirement," Edd says in his soft-spoken manner, "when I wake up I wonder, 'What day is this?'" ...more

February 9, 2008

There was not a day last summer that Joey Galloway did not spend in his kitchen with a blender, ice and hundreds of ingredients, trying to concoct a never-before-tasted smoothie drink. ...more

November 10, 2007