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Five area firefighters were arraigned Friday in Palmer District Court on charges of arson, allegedly in connection with three intentionally set fires earlier this summer.

You are preparing for your draft this weekend and scrambling to research, but you're no fantasy neophyte! You know football, but you've also been slaving over a team project for work where the "team" goes out for "working" lunches and gets so trashed you are the only one coherent enough to keep the train on the tracks.

They are tempting to make now, but any definitive statements on whether Cassel can evolve into a top quarterback for the Chiefs are just guesses.It is entirely too early to call Matt Cassel boom or bust.

The best thing about Thursday's preseason finale at Kansas City was that quarterback Aaron Rodgers, running back Ryan Grant and cornerback Charles Woodson didn't have to play in it.

The talk has been all about Thomas Jones and Jamaal Charles, but neither of the Chiefs two main running backs wound up leading the team in rushing in the preseason.

Waves crash around the Oceanana Fishing Pier as Hurricane Earl approaches Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, Thursday, September 2, 2010.

A rainbow stretches over Arrowhead Stadium before the start of Thursday's preseason football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers in Kansas City, MO, on September 2, 2010.

Matt Cassel and Brodie Croyle each led touchdown drives and the Kansas City Chiefs beat Green Bay 17-13 Thursday night for their first preseason victory since 2008.Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and a host of other Green Bay starters didn't suit up for the final tuneup of the preseason.

Traffic is back flowing freely on Interstate 70 after a slew of early evening traffic crashes forced the closure of most lanes in both directions.Kansas City and Independence police had to deal with multiple crashes on the interstate east of the Sports Complex, which occurred just as fans were heading to Arrowhead Stadium for a pre-season Chiefs ...

Here comes Charlie Weis, the man with the enormous ego and the rough reputation, and it seems so obvious how this will end.

Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez is having a 1,000th Catch Twitter Contest with the winner earning the autographed game glove and a trip for two to Atlanta to re-enact the catch with Gonzalez.

Thats the biggest goal for all NFL teams in the final preseason game. The Chiefs have been fortunate in staying away from anything major to this point and will only be pressing that luck if they leave their starters in for more than a couple of possessions.2Getting after Aaron Rodgers.

Ashland Fire & Rescue Chief John Karns revealed more details of last week's fire - noting that deaths and more damage were barely avoided - during a tense Oak Knoll neighborhood meeting Wednesday.

Yeah, he might be a punk in Phoenix, but Matt Leinart could make the Chiefs a better football team.

Despite facing long odds, Kingston-born linebacker Cory Greenwood is making a name for himself at Kansas City Chiefs camp.

No Rodgers, no problem says the public, they will continue to take the +6 on the Pack all the way til kickoff The Green Bay Packers have been the most offensively prolific team in the NFL preseason.

If there was one play that showed Brodie Croyle was indeed back on the Chiefs practice field this week, it was the last one from a 2-minute drill.

Sept. 1, 2010 4:35 p.m. I have spent the past few days visiting family and friends here in the Kansas City area and reporters are into the annual pre season ritual of cutting their teams to the 53 man regular season roster limit.

What is it that makes high school football special? Perhaps Tim Grunhard a s animated presence along the sidelines as the fifth-year head coach of the Bishop Miege High School football team speaks loudest.

I am taking part in four fantasy leagues this year. I originally wanted to only do two.