For the last few years, the Danville Open Horseshoe Tournament had a lack of some big names. But on Saturday, the 36th edition had the names return along with new names in the mix. The top class in ...

Alan Francis Skerrett, 86, a mental health professional and community activist with life-long avocations in photography, music, baseball and the culinary arts, passed away on January 19, 2023, at his ...

A strange sensation struck Alan Francis during the final round Saturday of the World Horseshoe Pitching Tournament. Normally his focus is squarely on the stake situated some 40 feet away. Yet Francis ...

It seems we've only begun to scratch the surface of how enormously talented our fellow printing industry brethren are, particularly in sporting endeavors. Last month we chronicled the Herculean feats ...

Francis’s life has been shaped in more ways than one by the game that he grew up loving. It helped him find a family of his own as his wife, Amy Francis, grew up in the Defiance area and her family ...