Monday, we reported on the tough decision some parents in Pitt County may have to make about schools that haven’t No Child Left Behind standards. Surprisingly only a few parents showed up to Monday night’s meeting.

COLUMBUS -- Last year, lawmakers put the kibosh on smoking, stripping and so-called skill-based gaming in bars and storefronts across Ohio. They finalized rules implementing an issue approved by voters that banned smoking in most public places.

Running back Adrian Peterson was in midseason form during Saturday night's full-pads practice, but today's award goes to wide receiver Aundrae Allison.

Bordeaux denied Lyon a seventh consecutive Trophee des Champions success by defeating them in a penalty shootout at the Stade Chaban-Delmas on Saturday.

Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission will give $145,500 to projects at Fort Pierre and around the Black Hills in the second of two annual grant programs. Funding comes from taxes on Deadwood's legalized gambling, which South Dakota voters approved contingent on a portion of the proceeds funding historic preservation efforts.

Turnout could decide who wins in a variety of August 7th matchups. If lukewarm early-voting totals are a reliable indicator to Election Day itself, August 7th should come and go without much sizzle in the total numbers.

The St. Joseph Metro Homicide Unit is investigating a shooting after one person was shot and killed on the west side of South Bend.

Sidney lost its middle school principal and high school head boys basketball coach when Rollie Sullivan turned in his resignation Thursday. Sullivan has accepted the position of high school principal in Kamiah, Idaho.