Marathons in the Mile High City in the 1990s had financial and organizational problems, but after the successful Colorado Colfax Marathon on May 21, a new Denver Marathon will debut on October 15. Some 5,000 entrants are expected for Sunday's marathon and a half-marathon and road relay, and Dave McGillivray of Boston Marathon fame is directing the races.
Since the Alabama Legislature sanctioned state-sponsored execution in 1923, there have been 21 inmates put to death who were from Dallas, Marengo, Hale, Lowndes and Wilcox counties - none in Perry County.
The long warm days of June are unfolding rapidly. The month came in on a wave of heat, which shows little promise of relenting and once again, the question arises: “What shall we do this summer?” Some members of the generation of so-called “older Americans” have found an answer.
From the fall of Miami and Florida State, to strange game-planning and crummy play in big games, to wretched uniforms and bad officiating, there have been some huge letdowns in 2006. Pete Fiutak lists the 10 biggest disappointments of the season in this week's Cavalcade of Whimsy.
A 113-page landmark U.N. study on gender violence says women continue to be victims of sexual harassment, human trafficking, and blatant discrimination worldwide.
Liberty Fellowship, the statewide leadership initiative sponsored by Hayne Hipp, Wofford College and the Aspen Institute, today announced the 20 accomplished South Carolina leaders who will serve as Mentors for the Class of 2008.
Published Aug 18, 2006 - 14:21:38 CDT. I was lucky enough to spend my college years in Humboldt County. It's different up there, living amongst giant, ancient redwood trees, in the same forests inhabited by the Ewoks. (“Return of the Jedi” was filmed there.)
In 1957, after a night of terror at the hands of Ku Klux Klan members, Willie Edwards was forced at gunpoint to jump from the Tyler Goodwyn Bridge in Montgomery County, Ala.. The Klan had mistaken him for another black man said to have dated a white woman.
