A downtown Lincoln landmark will close up shop later this month, ending a nearly three-decade run. P.O. Pears, which opened in 1980 and remains at 322 S. Ninth St., will serve its last beer March 23.
We begin with the first of several questions and comments on personnel changes here at WSLS. (phone) I’m curious as to what’s happened with Ros Runner after such a short period of time… All of a sudden you don’t see him during the week, just on the weekends.
Richland County Council is expecting a full house Tuesday for its long-delayed public hearing on digital billboards, which change messages every six seconds. The 6 p.m. hearing is at the county administration building at 2020 Hampton St. in Columbia. “How it will shake out, I’m not sure,” council chairman Joe McEachern said late last week. Procedural votes in recent months have indicated a
D on't be angry, but I'm writing this in Hawaii. The sun has set. I can hear waves crashing on the beach. Sorry. I hate those people, too. Those people who brag about going to Hawaii. Those people make me crazy.
TODAY •The Financial Federal Corporation is scheduled to report its second-quarter earnings. •The Institute for Supply Management is scheduled to release its manufacturing index. • The Columbia Alumni Association and Columbia University Partnership for International Development present a lecture by economist Jeffrey Sachs called "Crossing Borders, Crossing Disciplines" between 6:30 and 9 p.m. at
CORTLANDT - The carjacking and sexual assault of a woman who had just finished shopping at A&P was particularly jarring for people like Rebecca Boivin of Montrose.
Not many people would choose to live between two thundering trunk roads in the Midlands with articulated lorries rattling by on both sides, but that is where P.J. Proby can be found these days. P.J. is the Texan-born rock star who is famous above all for being run out of Britain in the Sixties for splitting his too-tight trousers repeatedly on stage
Monday's news briefs: The extent of Troy Patton's shoulder injury will not be revealed until he receives a detailed examination later this week. The resignation in his voice, however, suggested the Baltimore Orioles left-hander probably won't pitch again until 2009.
Oprah's Big Give, 8-9 p.m. Sunday, WPLG-ABC 10 Unhitched, 9:30-10 p.m. Sunday, WSVN-Fox 7 I always hesitate to make grand historical claims about a new TV show. But even giving caution and forbearance their due, I think I'm on solid ground when I say that, for better or certainly in the opinion of a lot of people for much, much worse, Fox's new sitcom Unhitched breaks new ground. Broadcast