John Nichols

Police blotter

2012-12-18 14:52:16

Aberdeen Aberdeen police report: Krystal Napfel, 26, of the first block of Church Green Road, was charged Saturday with marijuana possession. Someone was trying to break into a property in the 200 block of West Bel Air Avenue on Thursday. A possible...

After more than 30 years, Leslie Shepard says goodbye to the Baltimore School for the Arts

2011-07-01 14:41:00

The boy in the black leotard was throwing yet another temper tantrum. Seventeen-year-old Bilal Smith had his back to his dance instructor at the Baltimore School for the Arts. As she demonstrated a movement sequence to the class, Bilal bent from the...

MSNBC, Maddow, Schultz go all-out on Wisconsin recall election - I loved it, I hated it

2011-08-10 03:41:00

If you weren't watching MSNBC Tuesday night, you missed not only a great night of American politics, but also a glimpse of some of the forces that will shape the big war of 2012 that's heating up. First of all, thanks and much praise to MSNBC for putting...

College Lit. 101

2002-09-19 00:00:00

There are certain staples of college literature classes. Profound novels by Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Dickens and other titans of British and American literature, for example. Books that provide a perspective on class and racial...

Local sports briefs for Aug. 20

2012-08-19 18:15:00

� � Oakbrook club championship � JENNER TOWNSHIP — Matt Fox shot a 54-hole total of 236 to win the 2012 Oakbrook Golf Course Club Championship on Sunday. � Fox carded rounds of 79-83-74 to claim the overall title. � Steve Brown Jr. (78-78-...

Washington County Ag Expo & Fair results

2012-07-25 13:40:00

Open Class Home Arts and Agricultural Products Field products Grand champion field products — Daniel Smith Champion corn —� Timmy Martin�� Champion hay — Michael Forsythe Honey — Daniel Smith Fresh fruits Grand champion...

Three Men Arrested For Stealing Cardboard And Selling To Retailers

2012-07-24 18:16:00

Three cardboard thieves were arrested Tuesday morning for stealing 900 tons of cardboard boxes and selling them to retailers, making a profit of more than $100,000, according to New Jersey State Police. Authorities said the accused trio would go to...

Somerset Post 181 splits pair of Hillbilly Hardball Classic games

2012-06-14 21:32:00

� � � � Clarksburg 6, Somerset 4 � BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The Somerset Post 181 American Legion baseball team dropped a 6-4 decision to Clarksburg (W.Va.) in its opening game of the Hillbilly Hardball Classic on Thursday. � The Businessmen...

Somerset levels Ebensburg, 14-4

2012-06-04 21:18:00

SOMERSET —�Michael Flyte scattered four hits and Drew Hemminger batted 2-for-3 with a home run and five RBIs to highlight Somerset Post 181's 14-4 victory over Ebensburg in a Cambria County American Legion baseball game Monday. � Flyte threw a...

Oakbrook seniors card a 29

2012-06-05 21:05:00

JENNER TOWNSHIP — Walt Johnson, Mike Harbaugh, Bill Graham and Don Keiper carded a 29 to win the morning senior scramble at Oakbrook Golf Course on Tuesday. Mark Wolter, Mark Sutt, Don Bulvin and Ted Carrico took second at 31. Steve Lomago,...

'Red Tails' film hits close to home for family of Tuskegee Airman from Hagerstown

2012-01-20 07:22:00

Hagerstown residents Patricia Johnson and her granddaughter, Michele Sonntag, said they're planning a special date Friday. The two are going to the movies to see "Red Tails," a film that tells the story of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-...

Report: African American vote in GOP primaries negligible so far

2012-03-13 16:33:53

Left to right at Steve's Lunch in Cross Street Market: John Nichols (owner), employees Darlene Emerson, Veronica Huscio, Charrlene Cebrian and Pat Armstrong.

2013-02-04 00:00:00

Michael Hagen of Aberdeen and National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors South Dakota president, recently attended the organization's national conference in Washington, D.C.

2011-10-13 15:57:14

A helicopter drops water on a fire near the entrance to The Cliffs Resort on the southeast side of Possum Kingdom Lake. The fire was spreading in Palo Pinto County, just four months after massive blazes in roughly the same area scorched hundreds of thousands of acres and destroyed 160 homes.

2011-08-30 00:00:00