Homecoming race: The 31st annual McMurry 5000, McMurry University’s homecoming road race, will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday. Awards will be given to the top three men and the top three women, as well as to the top three finishers in eight age groups. The first 100 entrants will receive a long-sleeved T-shirt.
Preregistration is [...]

Wilma L. Ginther, 94, of Wayne City, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at Countryside Manor Nursing Home in Mt. Vernon.
Wilma was born Nov. 9, 1913. She was married to Al Ginther, who preceded her in death in 1992. She and her husband owned and operated Shoe Creek Pharmacy. She was a [...]

Following a car accident in 1996, all Sandra Mattingly want­ed was the chance to continue taking care of hospital patients and making their day a little brighter.
She was given that chance and is making the most of it.
Mattingly, a registered nurse at Prattville Baptist Hospital, has been dubbed the “Singing Nurse” by patients who have [...]

On a lazy October afternoon, the air crisp with autumn, Ler Bweh, a 25-year-old Karen refugee from Burma, lay on his stomach in his apartment, assembling a map-of-the-world puzzle. Slight and almost ethereal, with moist caramel skin and a diffident demeanor, Ler Bweh had been a geography teacher in the Mae La refugee camp on [...]

When Tony Fisher of Helping Hands Senior Resources heard that a fire had ripped through the historic Casa de Vallejo retirement home Friday morning, he knew people there would need a lot of help even after the flames were brought under control.
Fisher was on his way to work in Vacaville from his Santa Rosa home [...]

Brittany Nicole Wilson, 23, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born on Aug. 5, 1985, in Tupelo to Mike Wilson and Robin Rollins Wilson Grass. She graduated from Shannon High School in 2003 and attended Itawamba Community College. She was employed as a waitress [...]

The 12-week Weight Loss Challenge class will begin at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Pontiac Coffeehouse, 515 S. Thompson.
The weekly classes will feature a short lesson with additional resources included. Topics will include healthy snacks, portion control and dining out. Cost is $29 with $25 of that going toward prize money for the three class [...]

Retired Navy Capt. Earl Buckwalter, 87, of Austin, Texas, and formerly of Annapolis, died Aug. 6.
Capt. Buckwalter was born Oct. 1, 1920, in West Chester, Pa., to the late Charles and Katherine Buckwalter. He attended West Chester High School and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1943.
He served in the Navy for 30 years, with [...]