Threepeat! Ponte Vedra girls, Nease boys dominate in the pool for third straight state championships

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Ponte Vedra girls and the Nease boys made it a threepeat at the high school swimming state championships. The Sharks girls won four individual races and racked up 312 points to race past runner-up Nease (261) in the Class 3A meet. The Nease boys dominated the team field in 3A, winning…

US Army veteran starts successful BBQ business despite challenges: ‘Very proud’

An Army veteran went from the battlefield to the barbecue. Steven Rossler, owner and operator of Rossler’s Blue Cord Barbecue in Harker Heights, Texas, previously served in the Army for 20 years. Before retiring in 2020, Rossler, 43, completed deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq and received a Bronze Star Medal for valor. US MARINE CORPS…

Engines on 1.4 million Honda vehicles might fail, so US regulators open investigation

DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is investigating complaints that engines can fail on as many as 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles. The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers the 2016 through 2020 Honda Pilot and Acura MDX, as well as the 2018 through 2020 Honda Odyssey and Acura…

South Carolina a unanimous No. 1 in women’s AP Top 25, Stanford and Oregon crack rankings

South Carolina was the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll Monday after a pair of victories to kick off its national championship repeat bid while Kansas State joined the top 10 and both Stanford and Oregon cracked the first regular-season rankings of the season. The Gamecocks earned a hard-fought…