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Fremont Ross High School holds mock crash simulation to open students eyes about safe choices ahead of prom, graduation.

The Sanitation Workers' Strike may be known for the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. But a week earlier, after a protest turned unruly, a 17-year-old was gunned down by a Memphis police officer. Larry Payne's family doesn't want to see him become a footnote.

There are plenty of things to do in Stark County this weekend, including a Frankie Valli tribute in Massillon and Golden Girls show in Jackson.

It’s not often a team shoots under 30 percent from the field and wins a basketball game, let alone a state tournament game inside the Tacoma Dome. But Camas overcame a cold shooting performance to down Bellarmine Prep, 59-53, in the teams’ 4A girls first-round game Wednesday. 

The Hudson’s Bay girls basketball team took a big step toward earning at least a share of the 2A Greater St. Helens League title, rallyin from a slow start to beat R.A. Long 54-47 on Monday in Longview.

The frontman of an East Lancashire band has died aged just 27.

Colton Looney had 24 points and 14 rebounds as the Skyview boys basketball team held off Evergreen’s late surge in a 59-57 win on Wednesday.

Defensive pressure sparked a pivotal third quarter for Skyview as the shorthanded Storm had enough to beat Union 53-44 in a 4A Greater St. Helens League girls game.

Sammy Calder sinks three 3-pointers as the Mustangs pull away. Also, Oxford Hills' Molly Corbett and Gray-New Gloucester's Nate Hebert catch fire, and more basketball action from Saturday.

The Hudson’s Bay girls basketball team jumped back into action like it was making up for lost time.