The Cardinals of the 1960s and ‘70s were a big ticket. In the 1963 sectional championship, Louie Dampier hit a pull-up jumper at the buzzer to give Southport a 72-70 victory over Washington.

Southport resident John Boretti (center) played three sports at the U.S. Military Academy in the 1960s and was inducted into its Sports Hall of Fame earlier this fall.

Southport Mayor Jim Cooney hand-delivers quarterly newsletters to roughly 800 homes on the southeast side of Perry Township to spread awareness about his community and encourage younger people to join ...

"Vanilla was my favorite." Today, there's no crowd of sugar-seeking customers lined up. The parlor, built in 1910, closed after McKenzie's death in the late 1960s. But its history still lives on.