David Harrison Wright still builds and plays with models. Though the 65-year-old has long outgrown the ones from the hobby shop, he now creates handmade, detailed wood models of historically... read more

Jordan Newton delivered a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning. (Scott Jontes/MiLB.com)

When City Councilman Anthony Uremovic made a surprise announcement about his retirement last month, he explained that he was spending more time out of town on research and on a consulting business. He didn't mention that retiring right away also meant he could get a better pension payout.

By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Some 1,600 Point Place residents could be forced to buy federal flood insurance at a cost of $700 or more a year if the Bell administration reneges on a promise to improve a dike system built in the early 1970s, Councilman Lindsay Webb said. The dike system, built to help prevent flooding, is in need of $1.2 million to $2 million of improvements. Mayor Mike ...

Escape artist works out of trouble en route to 15th win