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Reecie Selvage

Reecie Selvage, 94, of Sunbury died Tuesday (Dec. 6, 2011) at Cherith Care Center at Willow Brook in Delaware while surrounded by his treasured family.

Dec 8 2011 | Posted in Obituaries | Read More »

US orders review of student work visa program

JACKSON, Mississippi — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has ordered an “extensive and thorough review” of a foreign exchange program that has been used by U.S. businesses as a source of cheap labor and exploited by criminals to import women to work in the sex industry.

Dec 5 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Musical of ‘A Christmas Story’ tours America

NEW YORK — This Christmas, Ralphie can skip the air rifle and poke his eye out with jazz hands. A musical stage version of the classic film “A Christmas Story” has begun a five-city tour with hopes that it might stick around a little longer, like a tongue on a frozen flagpole.

Nov 23 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Republicans debating in jobs-starved Michigan

ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — Together for the first time in three weeks, Republican presidential candidates assembled in ailing Michigan for a debate on how they would fix the economy. Also sure to come up Wednesday night: the past week’s allegations of sexual impropriety that have rocked Herman Cain’s campaign.

Nov 9 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Halloween doesn’t have to be gorge-fest to be fun

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CHICAGO — Offer apples to trick-or-treaters and risk having your house get egged — maybe even by your own kids. But dentists and dietitians say you can still make Halloween reasonably healthy for little devils and witches without resorting to dracul-onian tactics, like no candy.

Oct 30 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Report: Mercury levels mostly down in Great Lakes

DETROIT — Mercury levels have dropped about 20 percent in the Great Lakes in recent decades but remain dangerously high and are getting worse in some places, scientists said in a report released Tuesday.

Oct 12 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Worthington resident, 94, wakes up to blimp that landed in yard

WORTHINGTON — A 94-year-old Ohio woman who woke up to discover that a breakaway blimp from a nearby airport had landed in her backyard said she heard a bang during stormy weather but didn’t realize what happened until police knocked on her door about seven hours later. The 128-foot-long blimp broke free of its moorings at a Columbus airport during strong winds early Sunday, then drifted to the sky, headed eastward and landed in Lillian Bernhagen’s backyard in Worthington, less than two miles from Ohio State University’s Don Scott airfield. No one was aboard and no injuries were reported.

Aug 14 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Local retiree arrested in ’78 Calif. murder

A 62-year-old Delaware man with a lengthy rap sheet who was arrested on a Los Angeles 1978 murder charge Monday night ironically served on the block watch and safety committee for the retirement community where he lived, according to neighbors there.

Aug 9 2011 | Posted in Current News | Read More »