CHICAGO (AP) — Bob Levan bought season passes to Six Flags Great America for his daughters and their best friend, but he is worried he won’t be able to ride the roller coasters with them because he is a convicted sex offender. Six Flags added wording on the back of season passes to all 30…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Some health insurers are adding a new twist to the old approach of charging more for what’s known as out of network care. They’re measuring individual doctors’ quality and fees — and then charging more to see doctors deemed more expensive. Not surprisingly, it’s a major change that has some doctors and…

By Joan Ryan / Columnist The story sounded matter of fact, almost flat, as if the father had worn it smooth from turning it over in his head every day for several weeks now. His 16-year-old daughter, a sophomore at a California public school, was in Texas last month visiting her sister, a college student.…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist Just as promised last week, I’ve done my best to get to the bottom of the early election rumors which, like always, begin to swirl about a year before election time.Of course, with qualifying petitions not going out until November of this year, a few are still playing their cards…

Our Viewpoint It’s hard not to admire what Brother Michael Shaver is trying to accomplish with his Ray of Hope Street Ministry.Shaver is taking heavy drug users under his wing and making every attempt to get them back on their feet. This can include life-threatening violence, which Shaver discovered can strike in an instant.As reported…

Baby BoyJosh and Laura Beth Robinson wish to announce the birth of their son, Ridge Perry Robinson. He arrived at River Park Hospital April 11. He weighed 9 pounds, 4 1/2 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches in length. Older sister Katie Robinson welcomes him and proud grandparents are Lannie and Tonnya Robinson and Tex…

Betty Grissom and Wilma Davenport served as hostesses for the Midway FCE meeting held at the CIC Center.President Grissom conducted the meeting, welcoming guest Hilda Lytle. Jean Cantrell led the devotional by reading “A Penny for Mama’s Dreams” and leading the FCE prayer. Grissom let the group in the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag…

Andrew Lloyd Webber and T.S. Eliot’s CATS has broken records all over the world. It ran for 21 years in London’s West End, the longest-running musical ever. It holds the record for the longest-running Broadway musical. In 2003, Cumberland County Playhouse’s production joined the record books. Now in its 40th Anniversary Season the Playhouse is…

By SETH WRIGHT / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Color pencil drawing by Seth Wright At approximately 2:20 a.m. tomorrow morning theater goers across the country will exit darkened screening rooms to find themselves among the first to have completed viewing a saga 28 years in the making.That’s right, May 19 marks the release…

By MARGARET HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County High School graduate Kayla Mangum works her way through the hula hoop contest during activities at Project Graduation. This year marked the 21st celebration of the event honoring graduates. Warren County High School’s 2005 graduation is now history with over 300 students receiving…