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HICKORY — Participants in Seniors Morning Out will enjoy a variety of activities in December including holiday programs and craft classes.

Spend some of your Saturday night with your fellow Pittsburgh Steelers fans as we discuss Steelers football, and a lot more.

Tom Harmon (1941, first round) After winning the Heisman Trophy in 1940 while playing halfback for Michigan, Harmon was selected by the Bears with the first overall pick in the 1941 draft. But he opted to play for the New York Americans in the rival All-American Football Conference. Harmon enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. He eventually played in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams in 1946-47 before becoming a sports broadcaster. ...

A history of Royals managers: Jim Frey Share this story Have you ever known anyone who seems to be in the right place at the right time? Maybe they always luck into a great job. Maybe it’s the friend who always seems to walk away with the pretty girl. Someone who’s born under a lucky star, or as Steven Root says to Woody Harrelson’s character in No Country for Old Men, “you’ve led something of a charmed life, haven’t you?” Former Royals manager Jim Frey was a bit like that. Frey ...

Turn out the lights I remember Dandy Don, up in the booth on MNF, (he obviously had a few in him), and every time a game would go into garbage time, he’d start singing that line from the Willie Nelson song. I guess if he was still around and watching our entire season turn to garbage time he would be singing right about now. We are now a very disastrous 1-4 since our high water mark, and are fast becoming a bottom feeder team instead of striving for a playoff spot. Why? What is the main reaso...

In a deadly of off-road race in california will not be charged. according to the california highway patrol. eight people were killed and 12 injured saturday night when a 28-year-old driver lost control of his ford ranger and plowed into a crowd of spectators. authorities say alcohol was not involved in the wreck and they hope to review footage of the moments before and after the crash. through a video camera installed in the drivers truck. thousands had gathered in the mohave desert in the race ...