John Nelson

In just its fourth year of existence as a program, many thought the Burroughs High boys' volleyball team pulled off a major feat when it tied Claremont for the Pacific League championship in 2010. The title was the first in program history. However,...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY -- The long, cold winter took a toll on honey bees, killing as much as 50 percent of bee colonies in the Michiana area. This has devastated some beekeepers who can't figure out why their bees didn't survive. And that means higher...

Michael Swanson laughed after being convicted of killing Sheila Myers, one of the two store clerks the Minnesota teen was accused of shooting. The family of the murdered store clerk wasn’t surprised by Michael Swanson’s reaction. “I...

Sportsman of the Year 1959: Matt Fox, Emery. 1960: E.W. Wiseman, Mt. Vernon. 1961: Harvey Huffman, Rapid City. 1962: Ben Peterson, Fedora. 1963: Wilber Day, Onida. 1964: Claude Bohning, Highmore. 1965: Virg Farrar, Britton. 1966: Art Koch,...

LA CRESCENTA — Having won its first two pool-play matches on Friday night, the Crescenta Valley High boys' volleyball team was already guaranteed a berth in today's Gold Division playoffs of the 2011 Crescenta Valley Varsity Tournament. Still,...

LA CRESCENTA — Already holding the No. 1 ranking in CIF Southern Section Division III, the Burroughs High boys' volleyball team took down the sixth-ranked team in Division II on Saturday to claim its second championship in the Crescenta Valley...

LA CRESCENTA — The math didn't look good for the members of the Crescenta Valley High boys' volleyball team Friday night. With the Falcons in a two-game hole against visiting Temple City in a nonleague match, they needed to quickly solve the...

GLENDALE — Several of the key members of the Flintridge Prep boys' volleyball team are currently experiencing the playoff run of their lives. It's happening in basketball, though, as three of the Rebels' starters – middle blockers Kenyatta...

The Danville Newspaper Group was a shining light in the Kentucky Press Association Better Newspaper Contest for 2010, three of the newspapers finishing among the leaders in General Excellence in their circulation categories.     The four newspapers...

For nearly 60 years, The La Cañada Thursday Club has sponsored young women from our community in the "Bal Blanc de Noel" presentation of Les Fleurettes debutantes. This year, the Thursday Club will present 11 young women to society at a black-tie gala...

GLENDALE — This is the eighth and final edition in which the News-Press looks back at the area's 2009-10 seasons, school by school, before looking ahead at the year to come. No matter the sport, no matter the season, whether it was girls or boys,...

NORTHWEST GLENDALE — There will be one less sport on the docket next spring at Hoover High. Citing a lack of interest and recent struggles on the court, Hoover Athletic Director Jack Van Patten said the school will not field a boys' volleyball...