OUTDOORS: Weekly fishing report, May 12

05/11/11 The fish report is weekly. Its accuracy depends on marina operators, tackle shops and local fishermen we contact. Anglers catching large fish should send the information to Outdoor News Service, P.O. Box 9007, San Bernardino, CA 92427, or telephone 909-887-3444, so it can be included in this report. Faxes can be sent to 909-887-8180. E-Mail messages or fishing reports can also be posted to Jim ...

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Health calendar

05/10/11 Youth Fitness Expo, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 14, Edward D. Hansen Conference Center Comcast Arena, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett. Youth and families are invited to discover a new ways to play and encourage fitness at this free event. See youth-fitness-expo.com for a list of exhibitors.

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Community Notes

05/09/11 * The deadline to get on the Linton City-Wide Yard Sale map is today. People from out of town will be following the Yard Sale Map, so if you are not on it, you might be missed. It is free this year to get your sale listed on the official yard sale map.

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Oklahoma oil and gas drilling

05/03/11 Texas: Whiting Oil and Gas Corp., Hovey Morrow Unit No. 9-10 Well, SW/4 NE/4 NE/4 SE/4 of 05-05N-13E, TD 6,450 feet.

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Oil and Gas report: 05.02.11

05/02/11 There were no new drilling permit applications filed for Aransas, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg and San Patricio counties.

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North County Update

04/20/11 Bring your kids, their Easter baskets and your camera to the annual Arlington Easter egg hunt, 11 a.m. Saturday at Arlington Municipal Airport. The hunting grounds are behind the athletic club. Enter the airport from 51st Avenue and 172nd Street.

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49ers G.M. Trent Baalke reiterates team's desire to bring back Alex Smith

04/20/11 As the 49ers prepare to usher in a new draft class, there's still a welcome mat out for Alex Smith.General Manager Trent Baalke reiterated Wednesday that the 49ers would like their embattled passer to return for another season.

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Jim McKee: Crawford, Neb., from Calamity Jane to Dr. Walter Reed

04/15/11 What would become Crawford in Dawes County was simply an unmarked spot on the trail from Fort Laramie to Fort Pierre in the 1840s. The only noted landmarks were the buttes and the White River. Camp Red Cloud, which would develop as Fort Robinson , was established in 1874.

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Students join in celebrating state's birthday

04/15/11 CENTRAL CITY- The state turns 144 this year and Central Nebraska kids were on hand Tuesday to blow out the candles.

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Iowan David Gerths helps Notre Dame to Frozen Four

04/06/11 The freshman center will become the first Iowan to play in a Frozen Four - as the NCAA hockey championships are called - since Urbandale's Scott Clemmensen backstopped Boston College to a title in 2001.

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Around the Rotunda: Of verbal faux pas and and other gaffes

03/11/11 In a 2001 speech in Townsend, Tenn., President George W. Bush uttered these words: "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."

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African safari filled with surprises for Nebraskans

03/11/11 An African safari trip sponsored by the Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools to four remote bush camps located in national parks in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe persuaded me that it is the unexpected that makes for truly memorable travel.

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Midwest spelling bee qualifiers

03/05/11 This year about 70 students from Nebraska and western Iowa qualified to compete in The World-Herald's Midwest Spelling Bee on March 12 at Creighton University.

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Around the NFC West: Hasselbeck's status

03/03/11 Danny O'Neil of the Seattle Times says this wouldn't be the first time Matt Hasselbeck's contract talks with the Seahawks went down to the wire. O'Neil: "The first time also resulted in a last-minute agreement when Hasselbeck signed a six-year, $49.6 million contract in February 2005, the deal announced the very day the team may have been forced to use the franchise tag on Hasselbeck without a ...

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School Notes

02/27/11 PICTURED WITH NEW CABBAGE PLANTS, from left, are Babson Park Elementary students Savannah Miller, Emily Skipper, Rasheed Miller and Brian Adkison. With them is teacher Shelli Jacobs.

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Broadcasting icon Grigsby dies at 89

02/26/11 Bill Grigsby, a civic treasure, ambassador for Kansas City, master of ceremonies for all occasions, and broadcasting icon for six decades, including 46 years with the Chiefs, died on Saturday morning. He was 89.

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Governors Go To Washington

02/25/11 Budgets continue to tie up state capitals as Democratic governors head to the White House for discussions with President Obama.

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Nebraska Football: The 25 Greatest Games In Cornhusker History

02/23/11 Nebraska football goes back to 1890, when the Men in Scarlet took the field against the Omaha YMCA, defeating them 10-0 and beginning the legend reported by the Omaha Bee as "a thrilling game of foot ball at the ball park." In many ways, nothing has changed. Well, except how we spell football. Lists are always a challenge, and inevitably there will be disagreements as to how I have ranked these ...

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Lionel Richie - Richie Tops Love Songs Rundown

02/14/11 LIONEL RICHIE's track STUCK ON YOU has been named the most popular love song of all time.The 1984 hit topped Last.fm's rundown of the most romantic tracks their users listen to, while it was closely followed by the Bee Gees' Follow the Wind. Mohit Chauhan's Tu Ne Jo Na Kaha came in third, and One In Love by now-defunct British boyband A1...

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Richie tops love songs list

02/14/11 Lionel Richie's track Stuck On You has been named the most popular love song of all time.

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