Carlyle Observer

Neck surgery kept Peyton Manning from throwing a single pass during the 2011 National Football League season for the Indianapolis Colts, but it may be a key clause in his contract that keeps him from throwing one in 2012.

If nothing else, life is a journey - albeit for most of us, a journey refusing to stay on course. Plans are made; life happens and we change directions.

Making a dream come true is a feeling that everyone enjoys, more so when the dream is years in the making.

We've all heard of urban myths, but did you know there are also rural myths? Keeping a goat with your horses will keep the horses healthy. Adding a bit of salt to chickens' water will keep them from pecking each other. A wild oat can walk.

The 2011-12 National Hockey League season will be remembered long-term for the arrival of the Jets in Winnipeg and the ongoing concussion problems of superstar Sidney Crosby, but the biggest on-ice story has to be the performance of the St.

On January 18th many Internet sites went on strike, many by blacking out their sites for 12 hours, from 8 a.m. EST to 8 p.m. EST. The strike was in response to the SOPA bill and the PIPA bill.

It was a great year for North America in 1867, for that was the year when the first four provinces of what was to become Canada confederated under the British North America Act, laying the foundations for the country that we have today.

The business of garbage, and the idea of protecting the environment is becoming an interesting one. The idea of recycling is becoming a major public desire.

The wind blew wild yesterday. Normally unrestricted views of Vancouver Island were blocked by a curtain of rain, fog and water as wind speeds, edging closer than I'd like to hurricane force, shook the house.

Dental health is often overlooked in our pets. This is unfortunate because it has a large impact on an animal's overall welfare and health, especially in old age. Without hands, pets rely on their mouths for playing as well as eating.