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This time last year, Rochelle Loritts was spending 12 hours per week in a medical office. Her kidneys had failed as a result of diabetes that had plagued her for years.
She was in her 15th month of dialysis, and "I became weaker and sicker as time went on," she told me.
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A police dog's search led to evidence, but three masked bandits got away after a robbery Sunday night at the Good Times Burgers on Barnes Road in northeast Colorado Springs.
The three armed robbers entered the restaurant at 5808 Barnes Road after the business had closed. They demanded money from an employee and then ran away with an undisclosed amount of money, Colorado Springs police said.
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The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better, by Tyler Cowen, Dutton...
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REDLANDS - The delicious smell of carne asada and chicken for tacos and burritos floated through the air Sunday on Columbia Street, mixing perfectly with the mariachi music and good times at the annual fiesta for the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church.
The church community was celebrating life and honoring God all weekend with their local community, while also trying to raise funds for a new church building, organizers said.
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The Lehigh Valley No. 211. The Nickel Plate Road No. 79. The U.S. Army No. 1843.
If you're a railroad buff, these names make sense. And if you're a railroad buff, there may be no place in Western New York more rewarding than two museums in Rush, just southwest of Rochester.
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Kansas and Kansas State have plenty of scheming to do between now and Saturday, when the Big 12's two most potent offenses come to their respective towns.
The good news is time would appear to be on their side, at least in one respect.
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Are these good times or bad times for bankers? Although the answer depends somewhat on your location, bankers attending the 28th annual National Conference for Community Bankers said the most important factor is your response to these uncertain times. While presenters and bankers at the American Bankers Association event acknowledged economic and political challenges, a few of them offered hints about how to succeed in the current environment. The slow housing market is dampening the economy in some parts of the country but the mess over subprime mortgage lending may turn out to be a boon for community bankers, according to Dorothy Bridges of Franklin National Bank in Minneapolis.
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This is your place for how-to information on the often mysterious topic of fundraising. "FUNdraising Good Times" is written for those who manage, work for, or provide volunteer leadership for non-profit organizations and institutions. The column is designed to help you and the organizations and institutions you believe in attract and retain resources and leadership needed for success.
Board members are committed and skilled, coming together to provide guidance, oversight, policy and direction, often after the end of a long day at work. Executive directors, presidents and CEOs are visionary, talented and often over-worked. Volunteers at all levels look for ways they can make a difference. These are the people for whom "FUNdraising Good Times" is written.
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Marty Milstead, Executive Vice President, Home Builders Association of Mississippi The son of a Mississippi high school basketball coach, Marty Milstead is the executive vice president of the 3,000-member Home Builders Association of Mississippi, which serves as the voice of the state's housing industry. [...] I have the best of both worlds now because I have been given the opportunity to coach an AAU basketball team, MBA Hoops, which just finished second in the State tournament.
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As the staffers spanning several generations picked up their ID tags-press passes with The Raleigh Times logo-the stories that didn't make the paper began to make the rounds. A slide show organized by former Times photographer Karen Tam showed black-and-whites of earnest-looking reporters and editors and photographers who came of age during the Watergate era of the 1970s. Some of the photos were shot in the Times' newsroom on the second floor of The News & Observer's McDowell Street building, others with reporters on assignment. Another-this one not shot in the newsroom-bordered on pornography. OK, forget borders, it was pornography. "Kinda blocks out the sun, doesn't it?" said the reporter whose full frontal image flashed on the screen.
The reunion came about after Tarn saw the sig...