Charlie Rich

Decker will bring his seven-week, five-state West Coast tour to SLO Down Pub for a 7 p.m. performance Thursday with cellist Nanci McDonald. Read More

The snowstorm that started that Friday evening and lasted through Dec. 19 was still affecting people nearly two weeks later as Appalachian Power crews are still in the area working on restoring power to residents in the coalfield counties of Logan, Mingo, Boone and Lincoln. Read More

"Abdulmutallab remains in a Detroit area prison and has restricted his cooperation since securing a defense attorney, according to federal officials. Authorities are holding out hope that he will change his mind and cooperate with the inquiry, the officials said." Read More

Rich Zarnstorff knew he was behind in the 10th frame and the only way to catch Jeremy Drye was to roll strikes. Read More

Pacific Marine Mammal Center was surprised – to say the least – to receive a $5,700 cash donation on Christmas Eve. Volunteer JoAnn Smith recounts: "On Christmas Eve, as I went to check on our two in the nursery a lady came to the front door. I wished her a merry Christmas and invited her in to see our patients as I began to tell her about PMMC and what we do here. She then told me what a great thing we do and how much she cares about animals and wanted to give us a donation. She pulled out what appeared to be a lot of cash and handed me some money. I was so taken back by her generosity that tears started flowing down my face and I gave her a big hug and told her she was our Christmas angel and thanked her for helping us. She then proceeded to give me additional money and, of course, I cried more and hugged her again. She wanted to be anonymous and said she had to leave but thanked us for what we do. A little girl was standing by the door with her mother and said something to the lady and asked her why do you do this and she told her she was rich and this was her way of helping. After she left I counted the money and it was $5,700. I was shocked and have to say as passionate as I am about the animals and this center it really made my Christmas that someone was this generous and kind to help us." Read More

Yesterday, we asked senior citizens to look back and reflect on what they thought the world would be like in 2010 when they were young. Read More

The reason that New Year's resolutions are seldom successful is because we choose things that we aren't really inclined to do. Read More

The 2000s proved a rich stretch for Saginaw athletes reaching the top level of national sports. Read More

"According to DDS, t he cost of operating the Birth to Three Early Connections program, as examined in a 2006 cost study, was 70% higher than the cost of serving a child in a contracted program ($244/hr versus $143.25/hr). Therefore, the Fiscal Year 2010 cost of serving 160 children for 12 months in Early Connections would have been $2,277,562, or $941,242 more than the actual cost of $1,336,320 to serve these children through the contracted Birth to Three programs," said spokesman Rich Harris. Read More

Most of the time, people show up in these year-end obit round-ups because of something they've contributed to the world. Read More