Stories from Thursday, August 4, 2005

Palmeiro for the Hall -- still? How many of Raffy's home runs would have been long fly-outs if it had not been for steroids? How many line drive base hits would have been outs? Surely, the Hall of Fame is not based on character, as you have pointed out...

Sarah Pavan selected as Preseason Player of the Year DALLAS -- Defending Big 12 champion Nebraska was selected to win the 2005 volleyball title in the annual preseason polling of the league's head coaches, the conference office announced on Wednesday...

ARAPAHOE -- A fire that jumped out of a trash barrel and raced with gusty winds burned about 40 acres of land and several outbuildings south of Arapahoe Friday afternoon. The Arapahoe Public Mirror reports that 65 firefighters from Arapahoe, Edison, Holbrook, Beaver City, Cambridge and Oxford fought the fire from 4 p.m. ...

LINCOLN -- An "Eco-Retreat" in Red Willow County will receive part of a $339,500 Community Development Block Grant announced by Gov. Dave Heineman. Other portions of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development Tourism Development Initiative grant will go to projects in Columbus and Cherry County...

Construction on several city projects is continuing to go forward at a rapid pace, according to McCook Utilities Director Jesse Dutcher. Overall, the construction on the city's water treatment facility is ahead of schedule, Jesse Dutcher, McCook Public Utilities Superintendent told the Gazette on Wednesday...

Frannie Weiland made the world look brighter.

"Did you get a picture of this truck?" It was Brad on the other end of the phone line, apparently trying to send me some kind of psychic image so I could visualize exactly what he was seeing. It was another one of his news alerts, telling me something was happening somewhere...