Mike McKenzie

Laurel Park Moon Philly wins Md. Media by 91/4 lengths Moon Philly circled the Laurel Park oval Saturday to the delight of her scores of owners at Country Life Farm. Along with the bettors who had backed her down to odds of 1-5, the Malibu Moon...

It's been one year since a strong wind-storm blew through Calhoun County causing a large amount of damage throughout the city. It was so bad, the Governor actually declared a state of emergency in Battle Creek. "It was scary, came up really fast,”...

In a week's time, a field of 56 teams from four divisions playing at three venues, each contending for a coveted district banner, was trimmed down to four tournament winners. The 2011 Little League District 62 Tournament of Champions came to a close...

The National Weather Service said Sunday's storm that damaged many areas in Calhoun County was an "EF-1 Storm," with mostly straight-line winds.  The EF-1 Storm involves winds of 75-100 mph, similar to the strength of a tornado.  Monday morning the NWS...

Heavy equipment arrived in Battle Creek from the state Thursday: front-end loaders, dump trucks, even workers.  But you can tell. there's still a lot of work to do. As long as there's sunlight, crews are hard at work.   Tarps still cover many roofs in...

A Bears team that wasn't supposed to accomplish much won its fourth straight game Sunday at a stadium they weren't originally scheduled to play in with contributions from players who weren't supposed to be here. Robbie Gould's 28-yard field goal with six...

Face down and motionless, Kordell Stewart just lay there at the 5-yard line of a Lambeau Field that delivered the coldest of realities to the Bears during Sunday's 34-21 loss to the Packers. Stewart lay so still for so long that two Bears teammates...

Considering that both teams had little to play for--the Central Division rivalry angle is wearing paper-thin and the game was a dud--it's tough to imagine a national television audience hanging in with the Bears and Packers on Sunday night. Any of the...

The Bears coming off their first win in two months face an angry Packers team. Green Bay has lost two straight and last week's little post-game brouhaha between Warren Sapp and Packers coach Mike Sherman surely has fired them up even more. Brett Favre...

A group of 200 bus, van and luxury-car drivers called on Orlando International Airport on Monday to put an end to Disney Magical Express, the free shuttle to and from Walt Disney World that the group says is killing its members' businesses. In a letter...

This is the place, football fans. Lambeau Field. The greatest pro football stadium in the country. A place where the skyboxes are above every other seat in the joint. There's no upper deck. It's one big bowl, so there are no bad views. And those seats?...

Sophomore slump? Based on Michael Vick's first preseason game, it doesn't seem likely. Vick, who was voted to the Pro Bowl in his first year as a starter, picked up right where he left off in one stellar quarter for the Atlanta Falcons. He completed his...