Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson (D) stirred the debate over the delegate count in the Democratic presidential primary last week after he switched sides for the second time.
A judge set Oct. 6 as the start of the securities fraud trial of John M. "Jack" Sterling Jr., former chairman of HomeGold Financial Inc. The Greenville businessman will stand trial on three counts.
The trial of the former HomeGold Financial chairman and chief executive charged in the company's collapse has been set to begin this fall. The Greenville News reports that Circuit Judge James Johnson on Wednesday set an Oct. 6 trial date for Jack Sterling. More than 8,000 investors lost about $275 million when Carolina Investors and parent company HomeGold Financial collapsed in 2003. Sterling
Richard Johnson belted a three-run home run to give No. 5 Arroyo the lead for good and Jack gutted out six-plus innings on the rubber, as the Dons won their first NCS 3-A East Bay playoff game in school history, 7-5, over 12th seeded De La Salle. The victory avenges an opening-round loss Arroyo had to the defending champion Spartans a year ago.
Mr. Ricciardi, 82, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick, died May 6, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was employed as district director of immigration for New York with the U.S. Justice Department Special Strike Force, retiring in 1978. Prior to that, he was employed with the U.S. Border Patrol, Texas.
Lamar University and the Beaumont Foundation of America have announced the 12th in a series of Southeast Texas Legends Scholarships, this one honoring Jack Brooks, who represented Southeast Texas in Congress for more than 40 years.
MORAINE †Supporters who helped get Moraine Mayor Leonard "Sonny" Johnson elected and led the recall of the former mayor are now talking about recalling Johnson for failing to keep campaign promises.
The former executive was indicted by a state grand jury for his alleged role in the collapse of Pickens-based Carolina Investors, a HomeGold subsidiary. Sterling has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he faces 25 years in prison and $105,000 in fines.
NEW YORK -- On a raw New York morning, eight hours before the annual spitting of the lottery balls in Secaucus, N.J., Mike D'Antoni sipped a Starbucks latte in midtown Manhattan and insisted that he had "absolutely, positively" no second thoughts about accepting the head coaching job of the New York Knicks instead of holding out for an offer from the Chicago Bulls. Had the offer come -- and most