A city hearing examiner ruled this week against all aspects of a developer's proposal to build hundreds of homes over the North Shore Golf Course in Northeast Tacoma, bringing a victory to a grass-roots citizens' group that has fought the project for nearly three years.

LEFT: Betina Hawkins, owner of Star Buck Carriage Service, gets ready for an evening of carriage rides through Country Club Estates to see Christmas lights.

Firefighters encountered a real "backdraft" -- one that blew two firefighters 15 to 20 feet out of a burning home -- Sunday night.

BEAR CREEK TWP. It's too early for answers to many of their questions about a mandated sewer project, Bear Creek Township supervisors told taxpayers Tuesday.

Slidell Police believe they have cracked the case of the mysterious "naked burglar." A man cops identified as 50-year-old Keith Potter turned himself in and was booked with felony burglary.

Slidell police say they have identified the mysterious naked man who appeared on the home security video system of a Country Club Estates resident.

A naked man was caught on tape using a water hose to bathe in a Slidell woman's driveway early Monday morning and then breaking into the home, but police say the only thing he stole was a white sheet to cover himself.

For example, one room has a 1950s sectional sofa next to an Empire desk with Japanese Hakata dolls and a couple of William Wilhelmi pieces.

Heavy rain fell during high tide Wednesday, flooding some low-lying areas of Glynn County and keeping people from their homes in at least one Brunswick neighborhood.

The St. Tammany Parish Council has upheld a Zoning Commission decision that would ensure the area's older golf courses would not become housing tracts or apartments should the courses fail in the future.

The St. Tammany Parish Council has upheld a Zoning Commission decision that would ensure the area's older golf courses would not become housing tracts or apartments should the courses fail in the future.