Stories from Saturday, June 30, 2007

Investigators from the Nebraska Fire Marshal's office and the homeowners' insurance company are still sifting through charred debris to determine what caused the fire that destroyed the Lester and Marilyn Betts home at 330 N. Cherokee in McCook on Thursday afternoon...

I'm writing this column from Russellville, Ark., where I've spent the past week with my two boys, Michael and Will. I always enjoy the time I spend with them and this time was no different. We've had a great week together. I drove down to Lincoln last Saturday to meet up with friends at the Embassy Suites Hotel, attend the hotels' famous Manager's Reception happy hour, and then my friends and I walked down to P Street to hear The Tijuana Gigolos, followed by Coca Montoya, two great bands performing back to back at the conclusion of Celebrate Lincoln weekend. ...

We haven't done the research, but we're sure it's been a long time since we haven't had a 100-degree day by July 1. Especially the last few years of the drought, dozens of days of temperatures above the century mark has been the rule rather than the exception during the summer months...