C harlene Flygt and her family are fairly typical Columbus tourists. Since arriving Thursday to watch her son Adrian compete in the Aflac Outdoor Games, she and the family have slept at the Hilton Garden Inn, eaten at Smokey Bones restaurant and checked

Sioux Falls pharmacy and retailer Lewis Drug continued to post sales gains this summer as consumers are staying closer to home to do their shopping. "June sales were still pretty good," Mark Griffin, the company's chief executive officer, said recently

As paychecks shrink, consumers cut back on most non-essentials, polls say. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Monique Blake won't be shopping for new clothes. William Acosta got rid of his cell phone. Paula Rockwell put off buying a home.

A GRANDMA left a trail of destruction when she smashed her car into a house. Shocked residents blamed boy racers when they saw the Toyota Corolla which had crashed into the front of the property in Glebe Mews, Bedlington, Northumberland.

Prattville's Pebble Creek neighborhood offers new homes and lots just blocks from excellent shopping, new businesses and an elementary school in east Prattville.