Barrett Chase

Lakes ports handled 68 million pounds of government relief cargo in August 1976.

Fifty years ago, the bus routinely carried 5,000 books to 28 stops across the city.

Waller replaced Scott Lyons as chief in 2003 and was replaced by Gordon Ramsay in 2006.

A 1926 fatal crash prompted a crackdown on speeding and drunken driving.

Fifty years ago, an overflow crowd at the Twig Town Hall barely kept order while chiding a concert promoter.

Fifty years ago, the City Council, mayor and citizens disapproved of a proposed mine planned by Pickands Mather & Co.

James Geary rescued 1,400 people from a wildfire in 1878, bringing them to safety by train.

The Legislature in 1976 added a provision that if you were already 18 before the law changed, you could continue to buy liquor.

A shipment of 7,000 potatoes was sent to Europe to help with a shortage there.

The 2006 plan for live-fire machine gun training was put on hold by Congress.