The Panther football team is playoff bound, and they believe they can make some noise starting with their first-round rematch against Perkins County. Head coach Ryan Smith talks about what his team must do to make a playoff run. The Lady Panther volleyball team has had a great year against tough competition, but a challenge awaits them at subdistricts. Hear all about it in this week’s Hershey Panther sports update!
The Wildcat football team is rested and ready after their bye week to take on the playoff challenge. Hear coach Gary Hager talk about his team’s first round matchup with Garden County. Also, the Lady Wildcats are done with their regular season and await subdistrict play. Hear all about it in this week’s Wallace Wildcat sports update!
Tonight’s sports spotlight is on the City by the Bay
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The World Series gets under way tonight in San Francisco. Both the hometown Giants and visiting Detroit Tigers worked out yesterday at AT&T Park and say they’re ready.
The Tigers haven’t played a meaningful game since Thursday, when they completed a four-game sweep of the New York Yankees for the AL pennant. Detroit manager Jim Leyland will hand the ball to his ace, Justin Verlander.
The Giants are still riding the wave of euphoria from Monday night’s Game 7 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS. Skipper Bruce Bochy is going with lefty Barry Zito in this evening’s opener of the best-of-seven showdown.
San Francisco has home-field advantage thanks to the senior circuit’s victory in this summer’s All-Star game.
Storen among arbitration players
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Washington reliever Drew Storen, who failed to hold a ninth-inning lead against St. Louis in Game 5 of the NL division series, is among six extra players eligible for salary arbitration this winter under baseball’s new labor contract.
San Diego shortstop Everth Cabrera, New York Mets catcher Josh Thole, Tampa Bay outfielder Sam Fuld, Colorado outfielder Tyler Colvin and third baseman Chris Johnson also are eligible because of the new deal.
Under the labor contract agreed to last November, the top 22 percent of players by service time with at least two years but less than three are eligible for arbitration along with the 3-to-6 year players. From 1991 through last year, the top 17 percent in the 2-to-3-year group had been eligible.
The cutoff was 2 years, 139 days, down from what would have been 2 years, 144 days under the old rule. Seattle outfielder Michael Saunders still fell one day short.
Players reach out, owners pull away
NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL Players Association has notified the league that it’s ready to return to the bargaining table as early as today in an effort to save a full schedule. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly quickly told the union to forget it.
Daly told The Associated Press he didn’t anticipate any negotiations taking place for the balance of the week, saying the union has rejected the proposal management made last week and is not offering another one.
The league set an Oct. 25 deadline for the two sides to work out a new collective bargaining agreement before the NHL cancels regular-season games for good.
Rogge says cycling will stay in Olympics
LONDON (AP) — IOC President Jacques Rogge is defending the international cycling union’s anti-doping efforts, saying it would be wrong to kick the sport out of the Olympics after the Lance Armstrong scandal.
Rogge says cycling’s governing body “has always been at the forefront of the fight against doping” and was one of the first sports to introduce biological passports to monitor blood profiles.
He says the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report that painted Armstrong as a central figure in a systematic doping ring is “shocking.”
Rogge reiterated that the IOC is awaiting more UCI action before possibly stripping Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Olympics.
The teacher in the video is shown slapping her student’s when they fail to correctly answer a question. According to Dailymail, the teacher slapped her students up to 100 times.
A 43-year-old northeast Nebraska man has been given 18 months in prison for stomping on the head of a teenage girl.
A news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg (gihlj) says Charles Phillips Jr., of Macy, was convicted of assault on a child resulting in substantial bodily injuries.
Phillips must serve three years of supervised release after he leaves federal custody and must pay restitution of nearly $1,200.
Gilg’s office says Phillips got into an argument with his girlfriend on April 2 last year. When the girlfriend’s 13-year-old daughter yelled at Phillips to leave her mother alone, Phillips cursed the girl and stomped on her head.
Gilg’s office says the girl was knocked unconscious briefly and her nose was broken.
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#5 Why in the world would the University of Nebraska have to provide vehicles and travel expenses to all of the head coaches & their spouses ? They make MILLIONS of dollars !
#6 I would like to know what is going on with Maxwell school. I’ve heard that the superintendent has either been fired or resigned. I heard over thirty parents have walked out of the last school board meeting after being bullied by the school board. They were even told if they didn’t like it’s they could take their kids elsewhere. I heard a 3rd grader in Maxwell school was moved out for not liking the school. I want to know what’s going on, I found out he was doing math at a 3rd grade level. So this means something has to be done about that. Things are allegedly being covered up but principal. The music teacher constantly yells and curses that the children and they still have a job. The faculty is either getting fired or quitting, And the parents are just totally upset. Everyone is calling the State Board of Education. I have children who go to. Maxwell from North Platte school. I chose Maxwell school because it was a smaller class. My kids do well but now I’m beginning to wonder if they are even getting an education at all or if their needs are being met. I may have to bring my kid back to North Platte school Just because Maxwell cannot do their jobs and educate our children, if this is all going on in the school then shouldn’t people be looking into this and be aware of our children’s education.
Billionaire Warren Buffett says he is feeling fine more than a month after finishing his prostate cancer treatments.
Buffett said Wednesday during an interview on CNBC that he is feeling fine. Buffett disclosed his cancer diagnosis in April.
Buffett is Berkshire Hathaway’s chairman and chief executive. The 82-year-old has said he feels good and his cancer is not considered life-threatening because it was caught early.
Buffett underwent six weeks of radiation treatments for the cancer. He says the treatments were tiring.
Buffett finished the radiation treatments in September.
Nebraska’s federal court will take up a lawsuit accusing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln of illegally closing down handicapped parking stalls on campus during Nebraska home football games.
Richard Norton Jr. filed the lawsuit in September in Lancaster County District Court. The university requested earlier this month that the lawsuit be moved to Nebraska’s federal court.
Norton’s lawsuit says he was not allowed to park in a handicapped stall outside of the University of Nebraska State Museum during a home football game in 2010. Norton says he was told the handicapped spots were being held for university donors.
Norton, who suffers from a physical disability, says he was forced to park several blocks away, and the walk hurt him to the point of having to seek medical treatment.
With Election Day just two weeks away, AARP Nebraska volunteers are delivering a report entitled “Nebraskans Have Their Say about Medicare and Social Security” to Nebraska Members of Congress and congressional candidates.
The report conveys the opinions of nearly 3,000 Nebraskans who have participated in You’ve Earned a Say – a national conversation about how to protect Social Security and Medicare for today’s seniors and strengthen them for future generations. National and state-specific versions of the report will be delivered to presidential and congressional candidates in every state, as well as sitting lawmakers, so they can hear directly from Americans about strengthening these vital programs.
The full Nebraska report is available online: https://www.aarp.org/politics-
“Through You’ve Earned a Say, we’ve heard from voters across Nebraska who think that when it comes to Medicare and Social Security, Washington isn’t listening,” said Bob Eppler, state president of AARP Nebraska. “By releasing this report, we are helping Nebraskans make their voices heard with candidates and lawmakers.”
“People of all ages and across party lines believe Medicare and Social Security are critical to the health and retirement security of older Americans and yet most of what we are hearing from the candidates about these programs boil down to attack ads and 30-second sound bites,” Eppler said. “The next President and Congress could determine the future of Social Security and Medicare. Voters want and deserve to know where the candidates stand.”
With the You’ve Earned a Say effort, AARP is working to elevate the voices of Nebraskan voters and provide them with nonpartisan information about candidates’ positions on issues important to Americans 50 and older. In August, AARP launched the “You’ve Earned a Say: Vote for Retirement Security” 2012 Voters’ Guides featuring information from presidential, senatorial and congressional candidates – in their own words – on their plans to strengthen Social Security, Medicare and financial security.
Earlier in this summer, AARP released a series of surveys on the opinions of voters ages 50 and over, which found that these voters overwhelmingly think the candidates have not done a good job of explaining their plans on Social Security (67%) and Medicare (63%). Voters 50-plus – across party lines – say that getting more information on the candidates’ plans on Social Security (72%) and Medicare (70%) will help them determine their vote on Election Day.
For more information, visit www.earnedasay.org.
A 1,700-acre wind-fueled wildfire that forced the evacuation of a small southern Colorado town has destroyed at least 12 houses.
Fire spokesman Ralph Bellah said the count could go up after a survey of the damage Wednesday near Wetmore. Authorities plan to meet with some of the approximately 380 residents evacuated by the fire and notify those who lost homes.
The wildfire broke out Tuesday and quickly spread in winds gusting up to 79 mph. The fire continued to spread through the night, forcing authorities to go door-to-door to evacuate seven homes in neighboring Pueblo County.
The cause is still officially under investigation, but wind may be to blame. Custer County Sheriff Fred Jobe told The Denver Post that colliding power lines apparently created sparks that ignited dry brush.
