“It’s a cruise ship on the ground.”


“It’s a cruise ship on the ground.”

Bob Smith, co-owner of Camelot Lanes, 628 Boardman-Canfield Road, in Boardman. Smith and his wife, Peppy, have run the bowling alley for 25 years, and it is going into its 50th anniversary in March. The bowling alley offers the community more than just bowling, such as a full bar, pool tables and arcade games. It’s also a place to host parties for birthdays, fundraisers, holidays and corporate events.

“I call upon those who have been misled or committed a mistake to lay down arms and join their people and security forces in order to liberate their cities.”

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, during a news conference Sunday in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad. Iraqi forces, along with allied Shiite and Sunni fighters, have launched an offensive to retake the strategic city of Tikrit from Islamic State extremists.

“The video is disturbing. It’s disturbing any time anyone loses their life. It’s a tragedy.”

LAPD Commander Andrew Smith, about a graphic video circulated on social media that shows police officers killing a man on the city’s Skid Row during a struggle over one of the officers’ guns.