GOODRICH- The Martians varsity wrestling team had their post-season chances quelched early, with a loss to Richmond, however, five grapplers are now headed to the individual state tournament. Eight Martians went into the regional contest at Yale on Saturday, Feb. 22, only three were defeated, while three boys took second place finishes and two walked […]
BRANDON- The Blackhawks are heading into the post-season playoffs with a second place standing in the Flint Metro League. They grabbed a late win over Bay City Central on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 53-50. Mitch Brady led the fray for the Blackhawks with 16 points. Gino Torelli added eight and Nick Emery and Tom Mahaffy each […]
GOODRICH- The Martian varsity basketball team fell to third in the Genesee Area Conference Red Division standing on Tuesday, Feb. 25, as they were defeated by the LakeVille Falcons 58-67. Charlie Goetz was the points leader for the Martians with 25 points, 10 of then from the foul line. He also pulled down 12 rebounds […]
Received an e-mail from Linda Blevins the other week. What its origin is prior to that, I do not know. Heck, I don’t even know if the story that goes with the e-mail is the truth. It says it was written by an Australian dentist. Whether or not that is true, shucks, I just ain’t […]
Received an e-mail from Linda Blevins the other week. What its origin is prior to that, I do not know. Heck, I don’t even know if the story that goes with the e-mail is the truth. It says it was written by an Australian dentist. Whether or not that is true, shucks, I just ain’t […]
Sometime in the 1980s stand-up comic Jeff Foxworthy, a ‘Southerner,’ came up with a skit he called, “You might be a Redneck if.” One of them was, “You might be a Redneck if your mother kept a spit cup on her ironing board.” With apologies to Mr. Foxworthy, we’ve accumulated some “You might have suffered […]
Sometime in the 1980s stand-up comic Jeff Foxworthy, a ‘Southerner,’ came up with a skit he called, “You might be a Redneck if.” One of them was, “You might be a Redneck if your mother kept a spit cup on her ironing board.” With apologies to Mr. Foxworthy, we’ve accumulated some “You might have suffered […]
Clarkston Community Schools had to deal with another bomb threat last week. This threat, which was written on a toilet paper dispenser in the boy’s bathroom, occurred at Sashabaw Middle School on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at approximately 1 p.m. The threat indicated a bomb was set to go off on Friday, Feb. 28. This was […]
The early morning flames of a devastating fire took the life of Clarkston resident Jeanie Louise (Weir) Moon, Saturday, March 1, at the age of 60. Fire Marshal Greg Olrich of the Independence Township Fire Department said the call for a fire at 6314 Church St., near the intersection of Pear., came in at 6:13 […]
The Clarkston City Council has set a timetable to hire a new police chief. At its Feb. 24 meeting, the council agreed to extend the term of Interim Police Chief Ernest Combs for an additional 90 days, and set the end of the 90-day period, at the end of May, as the deadline date for […]