Briefs: Golf tournament begins Thursday (The Joplin Globe)
The annual Harold Kirk Junior Golf Tournament begins at 8 a.m. on Thursday at Schifferdecker. Entry deadline has been extended to Tuesday at 5 p.m. Entry fee is $5....more...There?s a new Maier in town (The Joplin Globe)
A solid round, a lucky bounce and a clutch putt led to a fist pump and a proud dad, making Sunday an afternoon to remember for 16-year-old Andrew Maier.The 16-year-old sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole at Schifferdecker Municipal Golf Course to edge Les Taylor and Paul Ashe in the Ozark Amateur, the oldest individual-play tournament west of the Mississippi River....more... Sea change at Coney Island? (MSNBC)
Coney Island, the birthplace of the roller coaster and the American hot dog, is set to fall into the same powerful grip of New York City gentrification that cleaned up Times Square and brought luxury lofts to Hell's Kitchen. ...more... Crime and Courts -- Des Moines (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)
1600 block of University Avenue, July 2 - A person reported the theft of a lawn mower and drill valued at $550. 4343 Merle Hay Road, July 2 - A person reported being robbed in the Dahl's parking lot when an acquaintance took a bundle of cash from the center console of her car....more... Metro Record (The Des Moines Register)
A roundup of news from across the Des Moines metro area....more... A Woman in Charge By Carl Bernstein Knopf, 628 pp., $27.95 (The Memphis Flyer)
Her Way By Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. Little, Brown, 438 pp., $29.99 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman , the TV prime-time soap opera that flared for several seasons in the 1970s, focusing largely on the marital disappointments of a loyal but necessarily self-reliant wife, had nothing on the Hillary Rodham Clinton saga of our own time....more... Metro Record (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)
A Des Moines woman pleaded guilty Wednesday of vehicular homicide and operating while intoxicated in connection with the February hit-and-run death of a bicyclist on the city's south side....more... Weekend Guide (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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FAMILY FUN FAMILY MOVIES AT THE PARK Finlay Park main stage, Columbia (803) 261-1742 www.radiuschurch.org 8 p.m. Fridays through August. Free, blankets and chairs welcome, popcorn and drinks provided. No alcohol, pets or glass. This week?s film is ?Invincible? (PG). Upcoming: ?Over the Hedge? (PG), July 20; ?A Night at the Museum? (PG), July 27; Aug. 3: ?Flushed Away? (PG), Aug. 3; ?The ......more... |