Commercial publishing company Henry Wurst announced today it will be closing its Apex site and laying off about 55 employees in December due to market conditions.

The company is moving its production facility to its home-office in Kansas City, MO.

"It was a very difficult decision to close this facility and certainly not a reflection on the excellent employees we have here," said President Mark Hanf, of Henry Wurst, in a statement.

The Apex plant was an overflow facility for the Kansas City office. Market conditions have made competing in this area no longer viable," Hanf said.

You may notice a lot of girls softball players in the Triangle this weekend and next week.

The PONY Softball Fastpitch National Championships are returning to the Wake County for the fifth year in a row.

Scott Campbell retired from his position as coach of Apex's girls basketball team Sunday. Campbell has coached the Cougars for the past 20 years.

Campbell has won more 450 wins and led the Cougars to a 10-13 overall record and a 7-9 mark in the Tri-Nine conference last season.

Nine cheerleading teams and one dance team from the Consolidated Football Federation will have a busy day after Thanksgiving.

The teams have advanced to compete in Friday's Pop Warner Mid-South Region Championships at The Pointe in Fort Mill, S.C., CFF cheer coordinator Julie Sandford said.

The weather is turning colder, but around the Triangle fall - and even winter - will provide great days for running in road races and cross country events.

Two of the Triangle’s bigger events on a very full fall schedule (a list is below) take place over the next two weeks, with the City of Oaks Marathon and Rex Healthcare Half Marathon on Nov. 7 and the Old Reliable Run on Nov. 14.

Nov. 7 also is World Run Day.

APEX – The state playoffs don't arrive for two weeks, but Athens Drive and Apex met in an elimination game of sorts as three-win teams trying to finish with five for the regular season to earn a possible at-large post-season berth.

Athens Drive took the step forward as Jaguars ended a five-game losing streak to improve to 4-6 with a 56-39 win over Apex Friday at the Cougars' field.

APEX – Middle Creek tradition calls for the the Mustangs to emerge from a grandstand tunnel amid smoke and music while the players make their way to the field.

The anticipated shootout between Panther Creek and Middle Creek appeared to going up in smoke with the plume until Middle Creek quarterback Garrett Leatham connected on three fourth-quarter touchdown passes en route to a 42-21 upset win Friday on the Mustangs' field.

CARY - The Apex football team has tripled its season win total over the past two weeks by going back to an old winning formula. It wasn't always pretty, but the Cougars won back-to-back games for the first time since 2008 on Friday, downing winless Green Hope 30-13.

APEX – Apex rolled up 353 yards on the ground en route to a dominating 34-7 victory over Tri-Nine rival Holly Springs on Homecoming night Friday.

Apex (2-6 overall, 1-4 conference) claimed its first conference victory of the year and remains alive to reach the postseason. The Golden Hawks (1-8, 0-6), who won their season opener against Southeast Raleigh, have dropped eight consecutive games.

It took a big play – an 88-yard touchdown pass from Evan McNeill to Ricky Fergerson – to get Fuquay-Varina (5-1, 1-1) on the board late in the first quarter against visiting Apex (1-6, 0-3). But after that, the Bengals never slowed down on the way to a 42-6 Tri-9 conference win over the Cougars.