Christmas dinner at your place? M food writer Dani Valent shows you how to put on a fabulous spread on any budget.

Ask Tommy Allen for his job title, and he’s stumped.

Wingate University blocked Carson-Newman College again.A week after beating the Lady Eagles for the South Atlantic Conference volleyball championship, the No. 24 Bulldogs won 25-22, 25-16, 25-19 in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II regional tournament at Cuddy Arena in Wingate, N.C. Top-seeded Wingate (36-1) hit .389 for the match and stretch its winning streak to 24."I learned before the ...

Carson-Newman College was pushed to a deciding fifth game to win its first NCAA Division II volleyball tournament game. Now comes the hard part.The fourth-seeded Lady Eagles defeated No. 5 Catawba 11-25, 25-23, 25-20, 22-25, 19-17 in a match that lasted two hours at Cuddy Arena in Wingate, N.C., on Friday night in the first round of Southeast Region.C-N (22-9) has to get past top-seeded Wingate ...

The City Council adopts an ordinance prohibiting discrimination.

TAMPA -- Men who live as women, women living as men, clergy members, mothers and grandparents packed the Tampa City Council chambers Thursday to debate a new ordinance that would protect transgender people from discrimination.

This is a busy weekend for the Abington High School cheerleading team. The Green Wave will be competing for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Div. 4 Championship on Sunday morning at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. The South Shore League champions qualified for the State Finals last week at Taunton. Abington scored a 159.5 to finish second and catapult the Green Wave ...

Not in my wildest dreams did I ever envision myself writing in this article about hunting and fishing. And I certainly didn't think I would write about vampires and werewolves, But here it is.

Emma Jane Bates, 91, Florence, a homemaker, died Nov. 12, 2009, at Florence Park Care Center. Her husband, James Ralph Bates, died in 1989.

The Mountain Ridge High boys and girls soccer teams resume their quests for soccer state championships today, with both going up against Loch Raven of Baltimore County.