ST. LOUIS - National Guard members fanned out through darkened city streets, clearing debris and looking for residents who needed help evacuating their sweltering homes after storms knocked out power during a deadly heat wave.

LOS ANGELES - Comedian Louis Nye, who created a national catchphrase belting out "Hi, ho, Steverino!" as one of the players on Steve Allen's groundbreaking 1950s TV show, has died. He was 92.

ST. LOUIS - Colin Graham, the artistic director of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, died Friday. He was 75. Graham died of respiratory and cardiac arrest at St. John's Mercy Medical Center, a spokeswoman for the organization said.

Phoenix has narrowed its search for a new police chief to seven candidates, including three prospects from outside of Arizona, officials said Thursday.

It took awhile, but Valley Christian has hired Jeff Rutledge as its new football coach on Monday.

It was refreshing to see a Republican, especially one as prominent as our own Sen. John McCain come out and call the Supreme Court's "Citizens United" decision as, "one of the worst decisions I have ever seen."

The FBR Open is approximately two months away, but already tournament chairman Tim Louis is facing his first crisis, better known as the “Sun Devil dilemma.”

Pinal County is home to the 2011 National Sheriff of the Year. Sheriff Paul Babeu was honored with the Ferris E. Lucas Award Sunday at the National Sheriffs' Association annual conference in St. Louis, Mo.

The St. Louis Rams are 1-8, but the team is playing hard for first-year coach Steve Spagnuolo. St. Louis gave New Orleans a tussle last week before losing, and it probably won’t make life easy for Arizona on Sunday. Still, this is a game the Cardinals should win handily if they’re focused and they play well.

March 21, 2005

ARIZONA (3-7) at ST. LOUIS (2-8)

The Diamondbacks have talked to St. Louis about a possible trade for second baseman Adam Kennedy, who has requested a change of scenery after losing his starting position with the Cardinals.

ST. LOUIS — Joel Pineiro hit a two-run double and gave up one run in seven innings, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

ST. LOUIS - In 1994, Todd Beckman’s plan for building his tanning business was simple: Start small, cultivate and then expand.

ST. LOUIS - As he turns 80 Wednesday, Chuck Berry could leave the hard work of great music to younger souls, and rest comfortably as the rock ’n’ roll legend who first made his mark in the 1950s.

Bad times have become the worst of times for Friedman, Billings and Ramsay, the financial institution that sponsors the FBR Open.

Mark Mulder winters here, and the Diamondbacks appear interested in making it a year-round thing.