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• Burglary suspects are under arrest

• Mayor Larry Hansen points out Lodi's economic progress

• Lodi veteran recounts close calls in Vietnam

• First phase of Lockeford park by 2011?

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi Muslim: Local mosque not involved

February 8th, 2010

• Public Meetings

• Locals pick best, most memorable Super Bowl commercials

• Regional Roundup

February 6th, 2010

• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch

• Meet Larry, Curly and Moe

• Baboon business

• Regional Roundup

• Several Lodi venues let you watch the Super Bowl in style

• Lodi Library celebrates 100 years of serving the community

• Culinary craft

February 5th, 2010

• Kids, teachers help Haiti by collecting pennies for Learning Link

• Lodi, Galt students reach out to help Haiti earthquake survivors

• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam

• Hours of sweat and work go into putting on crab feeds

• Things looking up for state's real estate

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• Stray bullet strikes Lodi home; police suspect gang activity may be factor

February 4th, 2010

• Managers at Geweke Toyota answer questions about recall

• Lodi City Council votes to replace play structure at Century Park

• Lodi extends ban on pot shops for another year

• Mokelumne River triathlon set for June

• Family, friends to run half-marathon in memory of Galt family

February 3rd, 2010

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• Lodi-area senators Dave Cox, Lois Wolk admit to gifts; Tom Berryhill case pending

• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts

• Galt City Council avoids budget cuts — for now

• New Lodi Memorial Hospital emergency room opens to the public without a hitch

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

February 2nd, 2010

• Big rig plows 7 cars

• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future

• Former Lodian Erica Davis is first paraplegic woman to summit Kilimanjaro

• Jumpers across California

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

February 1st, 2010

• Find cuddly alpacas not too far from Lodi

• Public Meetings

• Patients can expect faster, better service when Lodi Memorial Hospital's new emergency room opens

• Man killed by Amtrak train in Lodi

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• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future (60)
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Stephen Malcolm signs letter of intent to play baseball for Virginia Tech

Several other local student athletes receive offers from universities

When the Virginia Tech coaches offered Stephen Malcolm a scholarship to come and play baseball for the Hokies, he had to ask them to repeat it because he thought it was too good to be true.

Malcolm, a former Tokay High and Lodi Baseball Club star who is currently playing for Delta College, took the Hokies up on their offer, signing a letter of intent to attend Virginia Tech starting in the fall of 2010.

Malcolm said the school began recruiting him about a month and a half ago. After visiting the Hokie campus, Malcolm decided it was a place he would love to play. Then they made him the offer â€" a scholarship that would cover 80 percent of his tuition.

Malcolm redshirted at UC Irvine last year before transferring to Delta this year. He played for the Lodi GrapeSox and Lodi Baseball Club the last two summers. He will play this year at Delta and then transfer to Virginia Tech in the fall of 2010. He will still have three years of eligibility to play for the Hokies.

A handful of other Lodi student-athletes also signed letters on Thursday including: Tokay's Katelyne Herrington (UNLV, swimming), Tokay's Michele Poteet (Southwest Oregon C.C., softball), Lodi High's Tori Shepard (Pacific, softball), Lodi's Brooke Ortiz (Fresno St., softball), Lodi's Hannah Merrill (Alabama, rowing), St. Mary's Madeline Kennedy (UC Davis, gymnastics) and Alle Moreno (Sac State, basketball).

Tokay swimmer Katelynne Herrington displays her signed letter of intent to attend and swim for UNLV at the Tokay High pool on Thursday. (Brian Feulner/News-Sentinel)

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Tori Shepard looks on as her mother, Angie, sings a letter of intent for the University of the Pacific at Lodi High on Thursday. (Brian Feulner/News-Sentinel)