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DES MOINES ? All the pieces seemed to be in place for Davis County in its quest for a second consecutive Class 2A state baseball title.The Mustangs certainly had the right guy on the mound.Pitcher Calvin Mathews, who entered Thursday?s postseason game having won all 15 of his starts, finally met his match, and the defending champion Mustangs fell to third-ranked North Polk 2-1 in the Class 2A state semifinals ...

CHICAGO (AP) ? Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema says he has no plans to recruit the players at Penn State.NCAA sanctions in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal will keep the Nittany Lions out of a bowl game for four years and players are being allowed to transfer to another school and get on the field right away. Penn State coach Bill O?Brien has been working hard to keep the players he has.Bielema says he ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ? For months, the identity of the boy who was sexually assaulted in the locker-room showers by Jerry Sandusky was one of the biggest mysteries of the Penn State scandal. Now, for the first time, a man has come forward publicly to claim he was that boy, and is threatening to sue the university.The man?s lawyers said Thursday they have done an extensive investigation and gathered ?overwhelming ...

LONDON (AP) ? The Olympic torch began a festive valedictory lap around London on Thursday, taking in some of the sun-drenched capital?s most famous landmarks on the second-to-last day of its trek across Britain.The torch ? carried by athletes, charity workers and celebrities ? thrilled thousands of Londoners as it swept across Regent?s Canal in Camden, through the city?s newly renovated neo-gothic train station ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? Penn State football was all but dismantled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno?s victories and imposed a mountain of fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant coach spent years molesting children, sometimes on school property.The sanctions by the governing body of college sports also imposed unprecedented fines of $60 million, ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSeldom does a governing body not take the low bid on equipment, services, etc., however, the Mt. Pleasant City Council, swam against tide Wednesday, opting not to take the low bid on the 2016 mowing contract for the Forest Home and Old City cemeteries.Four bids were received for the work, and Langan Painting and Lawncare LLC, of Danville, received the bid for $69,500.Mike ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsCounties who are members of the Regional Utility Service Systems (RUSS) are going to be writing smaller checks to the organization, as membership fees will dip during fiscal year 2017.During Wednesday?s monthly RUSS board meeting, directors approved a county membership fee of $10,000. The new fee would be effective July 1, 2016. Counties for the past two years have paid an ...

Mt. Pleasant Public Library Board members Brian Carter, left, and Ed Kropa, right, along with Jeff Meyer, library director, center, display a large check, which symbolizes the bequest the library recently received from the Donald E. Young Estate. The library representative announced the donation of $387,617.69 to the library at Wednesday?s city council meeting. In addition to the public library, the Young estate ...