1. The coach is noted and has the reputation for welcoming back players[,] who, he says in his own words, he “didn’t want to give up on” and whom just happened to have game breaking talent.

2. Over a year after the zoo bought her for the price of $500,000, Ruby the elephant still cannot be in full contact with the other two African elephants that the zoo has acquired.

3. The five officers were fired Monday night after the sheriff and the chief deputy viewed the preliminary findings of a state investigator’s report into the illegal abuse and unjustified incarceration of suspects in a drug raid.

4. Ezer is a parrot of a South Asian variety that the Humane Society is trying to put up for adoption and find a good home for. The society said a man offered to adopt Exer last week. They did not feel his home would be suitable for Ezer’s need because of the strain and confinement.

5. The mayor said the city lacked the necessary monetary resources and revenue to construct a new facility that could house many of the services that it offered to the public. These services include the offices for business license renewals and rezoning petitions.

6. [Musick was the second person to plead guilty since an indictment was handed up in the case during the month of March. He is charged with being part of a conspiracy that bought dozens of kilograms of cocaine into the area over the course of a roughly two year period.]

7. A traffic department official surmised that the closure of the parkway caused a great deal of inconvenience to local residents and visitors, particularly during the last two months which is the height of the tourist season.

8. The day after county commissioners received their first form look at the long-term needs study, county officials hashed out jail issues in an effort to reach consensus on what actions the county should take and the direction it should be heading.

9. Smith offered that he had built up his mom-and-pop family business, which originally started as a diner when Binfield Road was unpaved and is now listed as a four-star restaurant, into a thriving business.

10. Better salaries, retirement benefits and educational opportunities are among incentives that might help stem the tide, defense officials said as they met with lawmakers to discuss ways to keep forces who have become so crucial to the war on terror.