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Christmas tree buyers face reduced supplies, higher prices | 2021-12-02 14:03:42

Amber Ray knows that less than 1% of linemen are women; but, she is determined to be in that group.

Thomas Emerson “Si” Evans, 75, of Shavertown, passed away Saturday, June 12, 2021, at The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas.

By Editor | June 4, 2021 | by Geoff Fox After months of sending emails, posting signs in yards and businesses, going to meetings, and social media campaigns, Hancock families’ wait to find out the fate of the town’s high school is over. Board member Michael Guessford. During the June 1 Washington County Public Schools’ business meeting, school board member Mike Guessford made a motion to vote for the future of Hancock High School and Cascade Elementary. Darrell Evans seconded his motion....

Detroit Tiger Is Now the Leader In Homeruns A low cost free agent that the Detroit Tigers picked up back in the winter is now the homerun leader in Major League Baseball. When I was kid, who ever was the leader with the most homeruns in baseball was a very big deal. I was little playing in baseball in little league but Hank Aaron was a very big deal to me and a bunch of my baseball buddies. The homerun title got really tarnished for me later in life when Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa...

Oakland Chinatown turns to private, armed security in wake of assaults, robberies FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Business owners in Oakland’s Chinatown raised more than $80,000 to hire private guards.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Pressure to increase public safety in Chinatown has mounted since early this month, when surveillance videos of robberies and attacks began surfacing on social media.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less As Oakland Chinatown reels fr...

Copy shortlink: Nelson Cruz will continue smashing baseballs for the Twins. The veteran slugger on Tuesday night agreed to a one-year, $13 million contract to keep his talents in Minnesota and provide the punch and leadership that has helped the Twins to two consecutive American League Central titles. A major league source confirmed the agreement. The Twins and the 40-year-old Cruz expressed interest in continuing their relationship immediately after their season ended w...

Henry “Hank” Aaron, an honorary Princeton alumnus, died on Jan. 22 at 86. By all measures, he was one of the greatest to ever play baseball, and he was a monumental force in moving the game toward racial equality.

Former Major Leaguer Al Downing was saddened Friday to learn about the passing of Hank Aaron, but the two rivals will forever be linked together in baseball history. Downing has the distinction of allowing Aaron’s 715th career home run on April 8, 1974, at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium,

Henry Aarons ordeal ended at 9:07 p.m. Monday. It ended in a carnival atmosphere that would have been more congenial to the man he surpassed as baseballs alltime home-run champion. But it ended. And for that, as Aaron advised the 53,775 Atlanta fans who came to enshrine him in the games pantheon, "Thank God." Aarons 715th home run came in the fourth inning of the Braves home opener with Los Angeles, off the Dodgers Al Downing, a lefthander who had insisted doggedly before the game that for him ...