Mark Armstrong is in his first season as coach of the Lodi American Legion baseball team.

When fairgoers step onto the Grape Festival grounds this year, they’ll notice a number of new improvements and upgrades to the property. Mark Armstrong answered a series of questions about the new projects.

Mark Armstrong points fondly at the pictures of his four children that surround him in his office at the Lodi Grape Festival grounds.

Lodi's Patrick Armstrong recently had a perfect performance - and didn't even realize it.

Lodi's Patrick Armstrong recently had a perfect performance - and didn't even realize it.

Mark Armstrong feels it is important to support agriculture, because it is what drives the economy. San Joaquin County is crucial to the agricultural production of the United States, and without it, he said, our area is dead. In support of local agriculture, he has served as manager of the Lodi Grape Festival for the past 19 years.

Denise Armstrong has been sewing since the age of 9. She says sewing runs in her family because her grandparents were tailors. She feels the mark of a good tailor is someone who enjoys what they are doing.

Lodi High’s drive to the Sac-Joaquin Division I section championship football game was derailed by two things: The Flames could not overcome injuries and Pleasant Grove junior running back Mark Jenkins.

Joey Armstrong, currently the reigning San Joaquin Athletic Association Most Valuable Player in both football and baseball for the Lodi Flames, has decided to forego his senior season in football to concentrate on baseball only.

The reigning San Joaquin Athletic Association baseball MVP won't be back to defend his crown this season. Lodi High junior Joey Armstrong, the quarterback of the Flame football team, had surgery last week to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and the recovery time is expected to last six to nine months.

The melodic thump of a drum and the piercing howls of conch shells filled the playground at Heritage Elementary School on Friday as Aztec dancers kicked off the school's celebration of Mexican Independence Day.

More than 100 people today are expected to join a group of youths walking through Galt to Sacramento as part of a 215-mile trek to raise awareness of the Armenian genocide.

Spring has sprung and aphids are on the march.

The two Pacific Tigers shared high school playoff glory together. The two University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels shared a household — and still do, on campus. Kind of.

During the 1950s, there was a big push to question the Bible's accuracy. To counter the trend, Galt Bible Church was founded in 1956 for people who believed in the literal translation of the Bible and looked for a church that taught the Bible, one book at a time.

Paul Alamo cried uncontrollably today as he told how and why he shot Mark Hasty to death in October 2003. So did members of Alamo's and Hasty's families.

Armstrong lifts Lodi to two league wins