Lead Hill finishes third
Harrison Daily Times
FLIPPIN — The Lead Hill senior boys took a third-place finish in the Flippin Tournament this past weekend. After losing to Flippin 66-57, in a game led by Brad Jones and Dalton Larson who each had 18 points, the Tigers went on to play Omaha...
Call center West Asset Management to hire 120
Wausau Daily Herald
West Corporation has its headquarters in Omaha, Neb. At existing facilities in Appleton and Wausau, it currently employs about 1,000 people in Wisconsin, Pleiss said. Applications for the new positions will be accepted immediately, Pleiss s...
Five keys: Rice ready to return to Omaha
Collegebaseball.rivals.com
Rice had several injuries last season and still managed to reach an NCAA super regional. It's only natural to believe the Owls will return to the College World Series in 2010. That certainly is the expectation in coach Wayne Graham's eyes. ...
Omaha Parent Offered Diversion for Child Neglect Ticket
WOWT
Channel 6 News has learned that an Omaha parent ticketed last week for child neglect is a candidate for a diversion program. It all started when a neighbor called police because children were on the roof. Omaha city prosecutor Marty Conboy ...
Macy woman sentenced to prison for stabbing
Sioux City Journal
OMAHA, Neb. -- A 39-year-old Macy, Neb., woman was sentenced Monday to just over one year in prison for stabbing another woman on the Omaha Indian Reservation in April. Alisa Ann Baxter pleaded guilty in federal court in Nebraska in a plea ...
Five keys: East Carolina still looking for Omaha trip
Collegebaseball.rivals.com
Look down the list of College World Series participants and you won't find East Carolina. That should come as a surprise to most people. Though the Pirates have been a consistent winner the past few seasons and reached an NCAA super regiona...
Omaha police suspect girls soccer coach of rape
Action3 News
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha police suspect that a girls soccer coach sexually assaulted 1 of his teenage players. Police arrested 29-year-old Jason Dishman on Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault. Dishman did not immediately res...
The Online Railbird Report Special Edition: Antonius Wins $2.9 Million ...
Poker News
The two sat down at two $500/1,000 heads-up no-limit hold'em tables and two $500/1,000 heads-up pot-limit Omaha tables, but the change in location didn’t do anything to halt Antonius’ run-good. He ground out another $400,000 over the course...
Buffett, Gates to answer student questions in NY
Newsday
World's two richest men will offer advice and wisdom to Columbia University students Thursday OMAHA, Neb. - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates will meet with Columbia University business students on Thursday and a...
Royals Announce Minor League Personnel for 2010
Kansas City infoZine
Kansas City, MO - infoZine - Affiliate staffs: - The leader of the coaching staff at Triple-A Omaha remains intact, as Mike Jirschele returns to his managerial post for the eighth consecutive season. The Wisconsin native also managed the O-...
The New York Times Expands Chicago Area Report
MSN Money
Katie Fretland, formerly a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald, will join Mihalopoulous on the city beat. The CNC’s advisory board is chaired by co-founder Peter Osnos, founder of Public Affairs books, who has a background in journalism, pub...
The cost of on-the-job training
Politico.com
Investor Warren Buffett, the “sage of Omaha,” counseled him against such a foolhardy agenda, but Buffett’s wisdom was no match for the heady prospect of all-encompassing change. So it was that in the first 100 days after his appointment in ...