The Brunswick News

12 hours ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Paul Sullivan

By Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune CHICAGO - "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was a tragic real-life figure from over a century ago whose legend grew in time thanks to the fictional ghost of Shoeless Joe played by actor Ray Liotta in the classic baseball movie, "Field of Dreams."The National Baseball Hall of Fame was created in 1936 in Cooperstown, N.Y. and celebrates the American pastime in all its glory.

1 day ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Megan Guza

PITTSBURGH - A woman pleaded guilty Thursday to her role in vandalizing several Jewish institutions in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood last year, records show. Talya Lubit pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy. She initially also faced two counts of defacing a religious building. As part of the plea agreement, she's responsible for restitution totaling roughly $10,500 to the Jewish Federation, Chabad of Squirrel Hill, and the City of Pittsburgh.

1 day ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Salvador Hernandez |Salvador Hernández

Officials are touting a young Tennessee gamer as a hero after the boy thwarted a mass shooting allegedly being planned and discussed on a gamer chat site by two teenagers in Tehama County, California. The two boys, ages 14 and 15, had planned a shooting at Evergreen Institute of Excellence, in the Northern California town of Cottonwood, where they expected to kill up to 100 people, said Tehama County Sheriff Dave Kain during a news conference Tuesday.

1 day ago | thebrunswicknews.com | John Cherwa

BALTIMORE - Trainer Bob Baffert loves to come to the Preakness. He loves the fact that all the top horses are in the same barn, so he can kibitz with his fellow trainers, such as an extended conversation with Mark Casse about the best crabcakes in town. He loves the casual atmosphere, in contrast to the high stakes, high pressure feeling at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. Or maybe it's because he's won the second leg of the Triple Crown eight times, more than any other trainer in history.

1 day ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Kelly McKinney

At 12:33 p.m. local time on a crystal blue Monday, the system that provides the power essential to the daily lives of 50 million-plus people collapsed. The lights went out from Lisbon to Barcelona; trains stopped, air traffic controllers went offline and hospital workers scrambled to keep patients alive. Two highly modern, eminently civilized nations were plunged into chaos.