COMMENTARY: Keeping an eye on former area summer ballplayers

When you hear someone you care about is having any kind of surgery, you naturally get concerned.

Saturday Observations: 10 Eye-Opening Story Lines

After a day of watching games (and seeing a little from some big upsets), I was all ready to share my observations from Sept. 4. Two hours later, I'm finally ready (editor's note: Don't ever try to convert your two and a half-year-old from a crib to a bed on a Saturday). It wasn't two hours of crying. No, there was a crib that had to be put back together without the directions. So I haven't seen ...

Garrett Gilbert's debut is solid, if not thrilling

Garrett Gilbert's debut is solid, if not thrilling

'Tee It Up' raises over $20,000 for golf teams at West, East, Croatan

J.J. SMITH MOREHEAD CITY — It’s usually low numbers that are especially prized in the golf world, but at the Tee It Up Tournament, it was large numbers.

A conversation with Steve Lonegan

Steve Lonegan ran in the Republican primary for governor in 2009, losing to Chris Christie. In this interview, Lonegan minces no words about what he thinks about Gov. Christie, the nation's economic problems and the need to scale back government programs.