Sports
Fayetteville, N.C.’
Sept. 10, 2015
Obituaries
Doris Walker-Smith dies at 78; Dana Point historian
Nov. 7, 2011
Doris Walker-Smith became known as the ‘keeper of Dana Point history’ after writing several books about her adopted hometown.
Harry McPherson Jr. dies at 82; LBJ’s top speechwriter
Feb. 26, 2012
Before becoming a prominent Washington lawyer and lobbyist, Harry McPherson Jr. also advised President Lyndon Johnson on policy issues including civil rights and the Vietnam War.
Lakers
His name hasn’t drawn the same attention as Washington’s Markelle Fultz or UCLA’s Lonzo Ball or Kentucky’s De’Aaron Fox, all point guards who are expected to go in the top five of the NBA draft.
June 11, 2017
Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade was a commissioner’s pick to participate in the 2019 All-Star game.
Feb. 17, 2019
Earl Hamner Jr., the Virginia-born writer who created not only TV’s folksy, Depression-era family drama “The Waltons” but the California wine country prime-time soap opera “Falcon Crest,” died Thursday.
March 24, 2016
Entertainment & Arts
Frank Capra Jr., son of the legendary Hollywood director, who rose through the ranks to become a movie producer and for the last decade was president of EUE Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, N.C., has died.
Dec. 21, 2007
Kean created storylines and characters and wrote songs for the wildly popular half-hour children’s show, which ran five days a week throughout the 1950s. He also invented the word ‘cowabunga.’
Aug. 24, 2010