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Updated date: Wed 3/10/2010

Tuesday night’s show started with Ellen all over Simon and I mean ALL OVER Simon. Ellen’s face was red with passion, Simon’s face was red with mortification and Kara’s face was green with envy.

Tonight was “Ladies Night” and it was made very clear to the 8 remaining female contestants that they needed to bring it on, strut their stuff, show us what they were made of, give America the “Wow Factor,” and have a peak performance.

So, before we begin, can we have a little chat, a little one-on-one, a frank tête-à-tête?

Let’s talk about the birds and the bees.

Updated date: Thu 2/25/2010

Carolyn King didn't think it was all that big a deal when she showed up for Little League tryouts in Ypsilanti back in 1973.

She was simply a self-described tomboy - a 12-year-old in pigtails who loved to play baseball. He little brother Greg was going to the tryouts for the Ypsilanti American Little League, so Carolyn decided to tag along.

The league president let her try out - in direct defiance of a Little League rule that tersely said "Girls are not eligible" - and the manager of the Orioles selected her. Carolyn King was officially a Little Leaguer.

Updated date: Wed 2/17/2010

Congratulations, Livingston County - you're the healthiest county in Michigan.

According to a new eight-year study by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, Livingston ranks as the healthiest county in Michigan. The study used government data and looked at factors such as obesity, smoking, percentage of children in poverty, air pollution ozone days and primary care provider rates. The study ranked 82 of Michigan's 83 counties (all but Keweenaw).

Updated date: Thu 1/21/2010

“Crime Noir: Then and Now,” a presentation featuring award-winning mystery writer Loren D. Estleman, and David Geherin, a professor of English language and literature at Eastern Michigan University, kicks off this year’s The Big Read of Dashiell Hammett's “The Maltese Falcon.”

Limited quantities of free books will be available. Live music by the Premier Big Band starts the event at 1 p.m., with the presentation set to begin at 2 p.m. Art noir, created by local students and community artists, will also be on display.

Updated date: Wed 3/10/2010

Ok, Conan, you're not such a bad guy, after all. We admit that for a while Friday we thought @LovelyButton was a figment of your Twitter imagination (read: Freckles and the gang), but now that we've actually spoken to her and have seen firsthand what a sweetie she is, we approve of your first and only Twitter pal.

Oh, Canada!

Updated date: Mon 3/1/2010

The maple leaf is gold as the Canadian Olympic hockey team beat the Americans in sudden-death overtime.

Sidney Crosby, the Pittsburg Penguins captain who helped thwart the Red Wings' Stanley Cup hopes last season, scored the winning goal for his native Canada against the Americans. The winning coach for Team Canada was the Red Wings' own Mike Babcock.

The score was 3-2.

Updated date: Mon 3/1/2010

Select spaces remain for the 47th annual Livingston County Home Show, set for March 26-28 at the Howell High School Field House, 1200 W. Grand River. The show is hosted by the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce.

Updated date: Wed 3/3/2010

Inspired by one of its students – a Howell boy who was himself adopted from Guatemala – the Light of the World Academy in Pinckney has decided to help make life a little brighter for two Mayan children in that country.

Updated date: Wed 3/3/2010

This week's Community Journal is now on newsstands throughout Howell and Fowlerville, offering a host of features, columns, school news and more.

This is the second edition of The Community Journal, the new hometown community newspaper serving Howell and Fowlerville. The newspaper carries a newsstand price of $1, and is available at locations throughout Howell and Fowlerville (see the list of outlets below).

Updated date: Fri 2/26/2010

Last Thursday morning, Rob Rice climbed into the cockpit of the Cessna U-206 single-engine aircraft, which had been filled to capacity with about 1,000 pounds of medical equipment and food, and flew from Florida to Cap-Haitien, Haiti.