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LHSAA FP 56: Hackberry looks to repeat as Class C state champs

  SULPHUR — A year after defeating Claiborne Christian in the state championship, the Hackberry Lady Mustangs are looking for their second state title in as many years in the LHSAA Fast Pitch 56 Class C state softball tournament.    The top-seeded Lady Mustangs finished 20-3 in the regular season, winning District 4-C with a perfect 4-0 record. 

LHSAA FP 56 C Quarterfinals: No. 1 Hackberry run rules No. 8 Harrisonburg

SULPHUR - The Hackberry Lady Mustangs, blanked the Harrisonburg Lady Bulldogs 10-0 in five innings to advance to the semifinal round of the LHSAA Fastpitch 56.

Occupant, pets escape house fire

An adult, two cats and a dog escaped injury today in a house fire on Hackberry Drive, Fort Wayne firefighters said.

LHSAA FP 56 Class C: Lady Mustangs hold off Maurepas 1-0 to claim Class C state title

SULPHUR — The Hackberry Lady Mustangs (22-3), pounced on the Maurepas Lady Wolves (19-6) early in the Class C Fast Pitch 56 state championship game scoring their lone run in the bottom of the second inning to take 1-0 lead.

Forest Lake community continues to rebuild

5,362 two homes were damaged in Tuscaloosa by the April 24, 2011 tornado. Twelve percent of Tuscaloosa was destroyed.  One of the most visible areas of town, around Forest Lake and Hackberry Lane, was hit pretty hard. One former University of Alabama student was at home when the storm ripped through her apartment off hackberry. Since the storm, she's been able to use her experience a year ago ...

Man shot with pellet gun during drive-by

The shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. Sunday at a house on Gravel Street, near South Hackberry and Iowa Street

Class C All-State players named

Hackberry and Family Christian Academy began their seasons with one goal in mind — advance to Sulphur for a Louisiana High School Athletic Association state tournament.

Spotlight: 'EveryBody Dances, Every Story Shines'

Turning the Wheel Productions — a national organization devoted to bringing together diverse groups of people to create collaborative dance and theater works (they recently worked with a group of senior citizens in Wilmington, N.C., above) — is heading to San Antonio. Fine print: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Little Carver Civic Center, 226 N. Hackberry St. Registration starts at 9 a.m. More ...

3 hit by pellet gun drive-bys in 2 nights

At 9:30 p.m., John Michael Cruz was walking east in the 1100 block of Rigsby Avenue when he too was hit by a pellet gun, police said. Late Sunday night, someone in a maroon SUV pulled up to a home on Gravel Street, near Hackberry and Iowa streets, and shot a man twice with a pellet gun before taking off, WOAI-TV reported.

Huge number of caterpillars spotted near Lawrence

     A University of Kansas ornithology collection manager was looking for birds before dawn at the Kansas University Fitch Natural History Reservation north of Lawrence when he spotted tens of thousands of caterpillars munching on hackberries.