Fremont illegal immigration law to be nuisance
Feb 22 2012 10:57AM
Posted 12 hrs 32 mins ago
2-22-12, FREMONT, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska city's attempt to fight illegal immigration appears likely to be more of an inconvenience for legal residents than a deterrent to illegal immigrants.
Fremont's newly court-approved ordinance won't have any effect beyond the city limits. That means two major meatpacking plants and some neighborhoods that have large
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Man accused in Norfolk shooting in court
Feb 22 2012 10:51AM
Posted 12 hrs 38 mins ago
2-22-12, NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) - A man accused of shooting a woman in Norfolk has made his first appearance in Madison County Court.
34-year-old Carlos Arevalo-Martinez is charged with first-degree assault and use of a firearm to commit a felony. He's suspected of shooting 33-year-old Edna Gutierrez on Feb. 14. Gutierrez, who was shot in the head, remains hospitalized
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Saunders County man finds wife, crashed vehicle
Feb 22 2012 10:49AM
Posted 12 hrs 40 mins ago
2-22-12, PRAGUE, Neb. (AP) - A Saunders County man who went on a search for his wife found her and her upside-down vehicle.
Saunders County Sheriff Kevin Stukenholtz says his office was notified about an injury accident just before 11:30 p.m. Monday.
Authorities say the woman had not arrived home as expected, so her husband got into his
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Oakland mom to stand trial in crash that killed son
Feb 22 2012 10:47AM
Posted 12 hrs 42 mins ago
2-22-12, TEKAMAH, Neb. (AP) - A judge has ordered a Nebraska woman to stand trial in a crash that killed her 4-year-old son near Lyons in Burt County.
24-year-old Megan Douglas, of Oakland, was driving on U.S. Highway 77 when authorities say she lost control of her car and collided with another vehicle on Jan. 11. Her son, Zachery, was
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Neb. lawmakers debate mandatory schooling until 18
Feb 22 2012 10:44AM
Posted 12 hrs 45 mins ago
2-22-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker who wants to increase the minimum school dropout age to 18 says his proposal seeks to protect the long-term interests of children who will likely earn less without a diploma.
Lawmakers began debate Tuesday on a bill (LB996) that would require students to stay in school until they graduate, turn 18, or complete a separate
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Nebraska health insurance plan debate begins
Feb 22 2012 10:39AM
Posted 12 hrs 50 mins ago
2-22-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The road to Nebraska creating its own health insurance exchange is likely to be a long one.
Lawmakers on Tuesday began discussion on two bills that would form the Nebraska Health Benefit Exchange Act. It's a plan that would be an alternative to the federal health insurance plan now being scrutinized by the U.S. Supreme
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13 arrested for MIP at Columbus party
Feb 20 2012 9:07AM
Posted 2 days 14 hrs 22 mins ago
2-20-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. - More than a dozen people are arrested early Sunday morning after police investigate a party where minors were consuming alcohol.
Columbus Police were called to a home near 29th Street and 3rd Avenue at around 1:30am and found on minor walking down the street with a bottle of alcohol.
In all 13 were arrested for minor in possession or consumption and one
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Grand Island man in court for child sex assault charge
Feb 20 2012 9:02AM
Posted 2 days 14 hrs 27 mins ago
2-20-12, GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - A Grand Island man appears in court to face child sexual assault charges.
26-year-old Abraham Richardson is waiving his right to a preliminary hearing and will enter a plea when he arraigned March 13th in Hall County Court.
Richardson is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl near the Riverbend Apartment complex last
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Bill angers Nebraska gay rights supporters
Feb 20 2012 8:59AM
Posted 2 days 14 hrs 30 mins ago
2-20-12, LINCOLN, Neb (AP) - Gay rights advocates are preparing to fight a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would prevent cities from enforcing local rules to protect gays and transgendered people from discrimination.
Omaha Sen. Beau McCoy says his proposal would ensure that businesses are not subjected to piecemeal regulations by cities and counties. But opponents
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Neb. lawmakers to debate health insurance exchange
Feb 20 2012 8:54AM
Posted 2 days 14 hrs 35 mins ago
2-20-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers are set to begin work on the state's version of health insurance reform.
Two bills to create the Nebraska Health Benefit Exchange Act come up for debate Tuesday.
Sen. Rich Pahls of Boys Town and Sen. Jeremy Nordquist of Omaha each have introduced a bill that would create a state exchange.
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York voters to decide keno question in May
Feb 20 2012 8:51AM
Posted 2 days 14 hrs 38 mins ago
2-20-12, YORK, Neb. (AP) - York voters will decide in May whether to allow keno be played in their city.
The council decided last week to put the issue on the primary ballot.
Owners of the Offsides Tavern had raised the question with the council, with the backing of Big Red Keno.
No opposition to the proposal
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Behlen Observatory open to the public on Feb. 24
Feb 20 2012 8:49AM
Posted 2 days 14 hrs 40 mins ago
2-20-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The moon, Jupiter and Mars will be the stars of the show later this month at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead.
If the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view a variety of objects with the observatory's 30-inch telescope and with smaller telescopes set up outside on Feb.
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Police: Suspect in Fremont shooting dead, woman critical
Feb 17 2012 11:58AM
Posted 5 days 11 hrs 31 mins ago
2-17-12, FREMONT, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say the suspect in a Fremont shooting has died.
Deputy Chief Jeff Elliott of the Fremont Police Department says officers were sent to a Fremont home a little before 9 p.m. Thursday.
Elliott says officers found a 22-year-old woman who had been shot in the face. She was taken to an Omaha hospital and is
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Norfolk shooting suspect in custody in Stanton
Feb 17 2012 11:56AM
Posted 5 days 11 hrs 33 mins ago
2-17-12, STANTON, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a suspect in the shooting of a woman in Norfolk has been taken into custody after a standoff at a mobile home in Stanton.
Authorities arrested 34-year-old Carlos Arevalo-Martinez Thursday evening. He's wanted in the shooting of 33-year-old Edna Gutierrez. She was shot in the head on Tuesday and is hospitalized in
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Columbus business evacuated due to gas leak
Feb 17 2012 11:55AM
Posted 5 days 11 hrs 34 mins ago
2-17-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. - Crews are working on fixing a gas leak discovered at a Columbus business Thursday afternoon.
A gas company confirmed the leak and evacuated Columbus Tour & Travel.
The business will be closed today while crews work on repairs.
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Cities ask Neb. lawmakers for more sales tax power
Feb 17 2012 11:53AM
Posted 5 days 11 hrs 36 mins ago
2-17-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Top city officials in Nebraska are asking lawmakers for the authority to increase sales taxes with voter approval.
City leaders from Omaha, Lincoln, York and other areas urged the Legislature's Revenue Committee Thursday to advance a bill (LB956) by Omaha Sen. Brad Ashford.
Supporters say it would allow cities
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Blue Cross protests Neb. decision to switch plans
Feb 17 2012 11:52AM
Posted 5 days 11 hrs 37 mins ago
2-17-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska says it will challenge the state's decision to switch health benefit plans.
Company spokesman Brian Pickering said Thursday that the state's announced move to United Health Care was based on incomplete information.
Nebraska officials have said the move will save
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FAA probing report of intoxicated pilot in Omaha
Feb 17 2012 11:50AM
Posted 5 days 11 hrs 39 mins ago
2-17-12, OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Federal authorities have begun an investigation into reports that an intoxicated pilot was prevented from boarding a flight in Omaha.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory says Frontier Airlines had reported Thursday's incident to the FAA, as required.
Cory says the pilot's
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Police search for Norfolk man after woman found shot in head
Feb 15 2012 11:43AM
Posted 7 days 11 hrs 46 mins ago
2-15-12, NORFOLK, Neb. - 33-year-old Edna Gutierrez is in critical condition after being shot in the head Tuesday and police are searching for a man they term ‘a person of interest’ in the case.
Gutierrez was found by police on kitchen floor of a residence on 3rd Street and was taken to an Omaha hospital.
34-year-old Carlos Arevalo-Martinez is being sought in the
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Trial date set for two accused in Columbus robbery spree
Feb 15 2012 11:38AM
Posted 7 days 11 hrs 51 mins ago
2-15-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. - Two of four men accused in a series of armed robberies around Columbus last November will head to trial on March 26th.
23-year-old Jose Arviso-Licano and 17-year-old Aaron Duran each face a number of charges, including robbery, receiving stolen property, and use of a weapon to commit a felony.
The two are accused, along with 18-year-old Maurice Brooks and
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Rollover crash near NECC injures two
Feb 15 2012 11:29AM
Posted 7 days 12 hrs ago
2-15-12, NORFOLK, Neb. - An investigation is ongoing regarding a rollover crash near Northeast Community College that injured two students.
Authorities say 19-year-old Braden Baseggio and 20-year-old Wade Oltjenbruns were injured when the truck they were in flipped over a guardrail and landed under a flood control bridge.
It happened just before 11am Tuesday. The two were flown
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Neb. death row inmate wants sentence commuted
Feb 15 2012 11:27AM
Posted 7 days 12 hrs 2 mins ago
2-15-12, OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An attorney for Nebraska death row inmate Michael Ryan has filed a motion seeking to have his death sentence commuted to life without parole.
The motion filed Monday in Richardson County District Court says Nebraska's lethal injection protocol did not exist during Ryan's conviction, sentencing and previous appeals related to the 1985
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Sentencing delayed again for ex-Schuyler teacher
Feb 14 2012 7:51AM
Posted 8 days 15 hrs 38 mins ago
2-14-12, OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Sentencing for a former Schuyler Central High School teacher in a federal child pornography case has been delayed.
A judge in Omaha granted 27-year-old Jesse Harmon a continuance last week because his new attorney was called to a separate jury trial.
Harmon faces sentencing on a charge of receipt of children pornography. He was to be sentenced on Jan.
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Health insurance exchange proposal go to committee next week
Feb 14 2012 7:49AM
Posted 8 days 15 hrs 40 mins ago
2-14-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. - The Legislature’s Banking, Commerce, and Insurance committee will get their first look next week at a pair of proposals for creating a health benefit exchange. Columbus Senator Paul Schumacher is on the committee and talked about the purpose for the proposals.
“Some portions of the federal health care act may or may not be in danger,”
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Omaha Sen. Lathrop 'interested' in governor's seat
Feb 14 2012 7:47AM
Posted 8 days 15 hrs 42 mins ago
2-14-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska state lawmaker who was considered a prospect for the U.S. Senate has ruled himself out, but says he is interested in running for governor.
Sen. Steve Lathrop says he is considering a campaign for governor in 2014. The Omaha Democrat says he has not yet decided for sure, and won't in the near
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Man sentenced in incest case in Cedar County
Feb 14 2012 7:45AM
Posted 8 days 15 hrs 44 mins ago
2-14-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 38-year-year old man convicted of sexual assault and incest in Cedar County has been sentenced to prison.
The man was convicted in December on two counts of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of incest.
The Nebraska attorney general's office says the man was sentenced on Monday to 25 to 30 years in
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Neb. officeholders have 1 day to file candidacy
Feb 14 2012 7:43AM
Posted 8 days 15 hrs 46 mins ago
2-14-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Officeholders in Nebraska who want to run for re-election or seek a new elected office this year have one day to file their intent with the Nebraska Secretary of State's office.
To appear on the May 15 primary ballot, incumbents have until end of business Wednesday to file. The deadline for non-incumbents is March
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Former Stanton County commissioner arrested
Feb 13 2012 10:32AM
Posted 9 days 12 hrs 57 mins ago
2-13-12, STANTON, Neb. (AP) - A former Stanton County commissioner has been arrested for allegedly living in a district other than the one he was elected to represent.
William Goodpasture was arrested on Friday on a warrant for false candidate filing. Sheriff Mike Unger says Goodpasture was taken to the Pierce County jail. Unger says a hearing is set for March
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Schumacher introduces insurance bill to protect drivers
Feb 13 2012 10:30AM
Posted 9 days 12 hrs 59 mins ago
2-13-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. - Columbus State Senator Paul Schumacher talks about a bill he’s introduced regarding vehicle insurance coverage.
“1988 was the last time that an adjustment was (made) in the insurance requirements of $25,000/$50,000,”said Schumacher during a phone interview Friday. “If you just adjust for inflation, it should be double that
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York man gets jail after DUI probation revoked
Feb 13 2012 10:25AM
Posted 9 days 13 hrs 4 mins ago
2-13-12, YORK, Neb. (AP) - A York man whose probation for drunken driving was revoked has been given a year in jail.
24-year-old David Anderson was given five years of probation in 2009 for third-offense drunken driving.
His probation was revoked last year after probation officers told a judge that Anderson wasn't following the judge's
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Ex-clerk gets 180 days in York County theft case
Feb 13 2012 10:23AM
Posted 9 days 13 hrs 6 mins ago
YORK, Neb. (AP) - A woman has been given 180 days in jail for attempted theft in York County.
36-year-old Stacy Findley had pleaded no contest after making a deal with prosecutors, who lowered the charge.
Findley had been working at Petro Fuel Island in York. In February, a manager at the station showed police a security video. The manager says the video showed
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New York trucker fined for hitting Neb. school bus
Feb 13 2012 10:21AM
Posted 9 days 13 hrs 8 mins ago
GREENWOOD, Neb. (AP) - A truck driver from New York City has been fined $100 for colliding with a school bus near Greenwood in eastern Nebraska.
56-year-old Jun Meng, who lives in the borough of Queens, also was ordered to pay $48 in court costs. He'd pleaded guilty last month to careless driving.
Authorities say 28 Kearney High School students and
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Nebraska students join fight against cancer
Feb 13 2012 10:19AM
Posted 9 days 13 hrs 10 mins ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The American Cancer Society is turning to Nebraska students for this year's Relay for Life events.
Students from Creighton University, Doane College, Nebraska Wesleyan University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska at Omaha will host Relay For Life events on their campuses.
Creighton kicks
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Schumacher pleased with talk despite defeat of gambling bill
Feb 10 2012 12:29PM
Posted 12 days 11 hrs ago
2-10-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. – Columbus State Senator Paul Schumacher says he’s pleased with the discussion about his proposed gambling amendment, even though it was killed in committee.
“I’d brought that particular measure in order to highlight the fact that an enormous amount of money is leaving the state and to get a public discussion started,” said Schumacher
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Neb. U.S. Senate candidate Fischer considers herself 'pretty tough'
Feb 10 2012 12:28PM
Posted 12 days 11 hrs 1 min ago
2-10-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. - Nebraska U.S. Senate candidate Deb Fischer responded to remarks by fellow candidate Don Stenberg about being a relative unknown.
“I’m glad Mr. Stenberg thinks I’m a nice lady,” Fischer said during an exclusive phone interview Thursday. “But I’m also known as being pretty tough.”
“I take on tough issues and
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Search on for driver who sped stolen car through North Bend
Feb 10 2012 12:25PM
Posted 12 days 11 hrs 4 mins ago
2-10-12, NORTH BEND, Neb. - Dodge County authorities are searching for a person accused of speeding through North Bend in a stolen car.
Pursuit of the vehicle reached speeds of more than 100 miles per hour along Highway 30. Police lost the sight of the vehicle when it ducked into a North Bend side street and driver turned off their vehicle lights.
No injuries were reported. The
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Nebraska state tax receipts up in January
Feb 10 2012 12:14PM
Posted 12 days 11 hrs 15 mins ago
2-10-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A new report says Nebraska's net tax receipts were higher than projected in January.
State tax commissioner Doug Ewald reported Friday that net receipts totaled $333 million, more than 8 percent higher than predicted in forecasts.
The report shows net sales and use taxes, individual and corporate incomes
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Neb. child support center a leader in technology
Feb 10 2012 12:13PM
Posted 12 days 11 hrs 16 mins ago
2-10-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's Child Support Payment Center is being recognized as one of the country's top performers when it comes to receiving child support payments electronically.
State Treasurer Don Stenberg says the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement lists Nebraska as No. 3 in the nation in electronic fund
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Two men face separate charges for deadly Columbus crash
Feb 9 2012 10:18AM
Posted 13 days 13 hrs 11 mins ago
2-9-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. - Two men allegedly involved in a deadly crash are making separate court appearances.
21-year-old Genaro Anaya is accused of vehicular homicide and drunken driving for a rollover crash last month that killed two people. Police say Anaya’s blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit at the time of the crash.
Anaya will be arraigned in Platte
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Probation for Aurora teen for thefts
Feb 9 2012 10:14AM
Posted 13 days 13 hrs 15 mins ago
2-9-12, YORK, Neb. - An Aurora teen is being sent to a work camp in McCook after being found guilty of attempted theft.
18-year-old Kody Atkins is accused of stealing equipment from two auto body shops in York County, then trying to sell to stolen items to shops in Grand Island back in November 2010.
Atkins is also serving five years probation and ordered to pay $5079
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Authorities look for hit-n-run driver in Rising City
Feb 9 2012 10:10AM
Posted 13 days 13 hrs 19 mins ago
2-9-12, RISING CITY, Neb. - Butler County authorities are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck a utility pole in Rising City.
The incident happened Saturday just before noon on the western edge of town, causing a power outage in the area.
Anyone with information on this accident should call Crimestoppers at 402-367-4555.
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Mead imprisoned on theft, weapons convictions
Feb 9 2012 10:05AM
Posted 13 days 13 hrs 24 mins ago
2-9-12, WAHOO, Neb. (AP) - A 32-year-old Mead man has been imprisoned for attempted theft and for possessing a shotgun on school property.
A news release from the office of Saunders County Attorney Scott Tingelhoff says 32-year-old Joel Ludacka on Monday was given 20-to-48 months for the attempted theft and 20-to-60 months for the weapons charge. They are to be served
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Mead imprisoned on theft, weapons convictions
Feb 9 2012 10:04AM
Posted 13 days 13 hrs 25 mins ago
2-9-12, WAHOO, Neb. (AP) - A 32-year-old Mead man has been imprisoned for attempted theft and for possessing a shotgun on school property.
A news release from the office of Saunders County Attorney Scott Tingelhoff says 32-year-old Joel Ludacka on Monday was given 20-to-48 months for the attempted theft and 20-to-60 months for the weapons charge. They are to be served
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Sutton mayor gets probation for trespassing charge
Feb 9 2012 10:00AM
Posted 13 days 13 hrs 29 mins ago
2-9-12, SUTTON, Neb. (AP) - The mayor of Sutton has been given probation and ordered to pay restitution for breaking into his estranged wife's home and stealing various items.
Robert Hale was given one year of probation and must pay $508 in restitution.
Hale was sentenced to two days in jail and given credit for time served. He pleaded no contest to
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Nelson calls for Neb. road work progress
Feb 9 2012 9:55AM
Posted 13 days 13 hrs 34 mins ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson is calling on federal authorities to speed up the repair of nearly two dozen Nebraska roads and bridges - some that have been on hold since 2008.
The Nebraska Democrat said Wednesday that he has written to Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez about the issue. In the letter, Nelson asks for a detailed list of every document
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Neb. bill would repeal liquor sales ban on Sundays
Feb 9 2012 9:51AM
Posted 13 days 13 hrs 38 mins ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Local governments may soon be allowed to decide whether stores can sell liquor between 6am and noon on Sundays.
A bill up for debate Thursday would lift the state ban on Sunday liquor sales and give the power to local governments to enact their own laws.
State law currently allows local governments to regulate Sunday beer
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Neb. foreclosure rate remains 1 of the lowest
Feb 9 2012 9:48AM
Posted 13 days 13 hrs 41 mins ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A new report from a real estate data research firm says Nebraska had one of the lowest foreclosure rates in the nation in 2011.
CoreLogic says 1 percent of Nebraska homes were in the foreclosure process at the end of last year.
That's the fourth-lowest rate in the United States. Only Alaska, North Dakota and Wyoming had lower
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York County drug dog showing off nose for money
Feb 9 2012 9:45AM
Posted 13 days 13 hrs 44 mins ago
YORK, Neb. (AP) - A 3-year-old yellow lab has been proving her worth to the York County Sheriff's Department.
Tikka recently found nearly $28,000 during a routine traffic stop. And Tikka found nearly $12,400 in suspicious cash during an earlier stop.
In the most recent stop, no drugs were found in the vehicle, so the driver and his passenger were
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Committee kills gambling amendment
Feb 8 2012 11:51AM
Posted 14 days 11 hrs 38 mins ago
2-8-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. - Don’t bet on Nebraska getting casino gambling anytime soon.
By a five to one vote, the legislature’s General Affairs committee voted against a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow casino gambling in Nebraska.
The proposal by Columbus Senator Paul Schumacher would have given Nebraska voters the right to decide if they want casino
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Burglary charges facing two Columbus teens
Feb 8 2012 11:48AM
Posted 14 days 11 hrs 41 mins ago
2-8-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. - Authorities say two Columbus teens are suspected of burglarizing a Butler County residence.
A witness reported seeing a vehicle in the area of the burglary and that helped police connect the teens to the crime. They were arrested and taken to a juvenile detention center in Madison.
Police suspect they’re also involved in several other burglaries in
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Columbus man accused of sex assault of stepdaughter
Feb 8 2012 11:46AM
Posted 14 days 11 hrs 43 mins ago
2-8-12, COLUMBUS, Neb. - Charges are facing a Columbus man accused of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter.
The man was arrested and charged with four-counts of sexual assault a child. An investigation revealed the man allegedly assaulted the now 16-year-old victim several times during the summer and fall of last year.
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Grand jury to consider death of Neb. inmate
Feb 8 2012 11:42AM
Posted 14 days 11 hrs 47 mins ago
2-8-12, YORK, Neb. (AP) - A grand jury will be convened to investigate the death of an inmate at the Nebraska Center for Woman in York.
Prison officials say 61-year-old Michelle Bartlett died on Sunday.
She had been in prison since September 2008 and was serving 7-to-14 years for first-degree forgery and driving during revocation from Lancaster
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Neb. AG planning lawsuit against health care law
Feb 8 2012 11:40AM
Posted 14 days 11 hrs 49 mins ago
2-8-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning says his office will coordinate a legal challenge against a requirement in the new federal health care law that forces church-affiliated employers to cover birth control for their workers.
Bruning sent a letter to his fellow attorneys general this week asking them to join a lawsuit against the new
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Bee gets state grants to upgrade its water system
Feb 8 2012 11:32AM
Posted 14 days 11 hrs 57 mins ago
2-8-12, BEE, Neb. (AP) - The small eastern Nebraska town of Bee is getting more than $550,000 in grants and loans to help pay for upgrades to its water system.
Bee needs to replace its water mains, valves and water meters throughout the village, and it is due to repaint the water tower.
The Nebraska Department of Economic Development says
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Ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey not running again for Neb. seat
Feb 7 2012 11:18AM
Posted 15 days 12 hrs 11 mins ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – No comeback for Kerrey.
Former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey says he won't seek the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Sen. Ben Nelson.
Kerrey's announcement Tuesday shuts down hopes for a bid both parties called Democrats' best chance to hold on to the seat. Kerrey himself had described it as a long
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Woman dies after Grand Island collision
Feb 7 2012 11:15AM
Posted 15 days 12 hrs 14 mins ago
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a 72-year-old driver died after a collision at a Grand Island intersection.
Police say the accident occurred around 9:35 a.m. Monday at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and 13th Street.
Police say a westbound sport utility vehicle on 13th Street ran a red light and collided with a southbound
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Nebraska roads worker rescued from snow pile
Feb 7 2012 11:11AM
Posted 15 days 12 hrs 18 mins ago
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a Hall County roads worker has been rescued from a pile of snow.
The worker was dumping snow from his truck on Monday when he became trapped in a pile with only his head and an arm free.
He used his cellphone to make a call for help, and Grand Island firefighters soon responded.
He was dug out
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Oregon man pleads no contest in Nebraska pot case
Feb 7 2012 11:08AM
Posted 15 days 12 hrs 21 mins ago
YORK, Neb. (AP) - An Oregon man who was arrested while hauling 20 pounds of marijuana through Nebraska has pleaded no contest.
50-year-old Douglas Sutton, of Gold Hill, made his plea last week after making a deal with prosecutors, who lowered the charge to possessing more than a pound. Sutton's sentencing is scheduled for March 19.
The
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Neb. lawmaker seeks to study countywide schools
Feb 7 2012 11:05AM
Posted 15 days 12 hrs 24 mins ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A state lawmaker wants to study the potential cost and impact of switching to single, countywide school districts throughout Nebraska.
Omaha Sen. Bob Krist will present a proposal (LB991) Tuesday to the Legislature's Education Committee. The proposed study would examine how a county-by-county district system might work, and whether school
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Advocates prepare to push Neb. prenatal care bill
Feb 7 2012 10:54AM
Posted 15 days 12 hrs 35 mins ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Health care providers say more low-income women in Nebraska are waiting longer for prenatal care that helps protect their unborn children from health risks and complications at birth.
Providers said the increase stems from a 2009 federal order that has forced women to travel farther for check-ups, and prompted some to wait until late in their final
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Neb. measure would give lawmakers a $20,000 raise
Feb 7 2012 10:46AM
Posted 15 days 12 hrs 43 mins ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Potential raises for Nebraska lawmakers would be put in the hands of the voters, under a resolution up for debate in the state Legislature.
Lawmakers on Tuesday will discuss whether to boost lawmaker salaries from $12,000 per year to $32,000 per year.
The move requires a constitutional amendment, which means the
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Norfolk PD arrest Columbus man for child sex warrant
Feb 6 2012 8:41AM
Posted 16 days 14 hrs 48 mins ago
NORFOLK, Neb. - Child sexual assault charges are facing a Columbus man.
Four counts of sexual assault of a child are facing 25-year-old Jaime Macedo.
Macedo was arrested Friday afternoon in Norfolk after a felony warrant was issued against him in Platte County. Norfolk Police made the arrest after receiving information from Columbus Police that Macedo was working at a business
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Final Downtown Columbus Revitalization meeting today
Feb 6 2012 8:38AM
Posted 16 days 14 hrs 51 mins ago
COLUMBUS, Neb. - The city of Columbus is advising the public that the final Downtown Columbus Revitalization meeting will be held today beginning at 5:30pm in the Columbus City Council Chambers.
Data analysis and information on concept designs will be made available.
The next step will be the application for a grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development.
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Fremont couple charged with animal cruelty
Feb 6 2012 8:33AM
Posted 16 days 14 hrs 56 mins ago
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) - A Fremont couple have been charged with animal cruelty and neglect.
Nine dogs, three cats and a potbellied pig were removed from the Fremont residence in late December. The house later was condemned and demolished.
Executive director Clem Rohde, of the Dodge County Humane Society, says several of the dogs had to be
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Deputy, woman injured when truck slides into them
Feb 6 2012 8:22AM
Posted 16 days 15 hrs 7 mins ago
GREENWOOD, Neb. (AP) - A Cass County Sheriff's deputy and a woman he had stopped to help were injured when a truck slid into them during a winter storm.
Sheriff William Brueggemann says the accident happened Saturday afternoon near Greenwood on Interstate 80. The sheriff said Deputy Randy Wilkins had stopped to help 20-year-old Cara Delp of Elkhorn, whose car had
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Kearney man pays fine for gun in carry-on baggage
Feb 6 2012 8:20AM
Posted 16 days 15 hrs 9 mins ago
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - A rural Kearney man has paid a $300 fine and been place on probation for trying to take a loaded handgun onto a plane at Kearney Regional Airport.
37-year-old Randy Black recently pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of violating his concealed-weapon permit for having a loaded .40-caliber semi-automatic handgun in his carry-on luggage at the airport on
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Train derailment near Monroe causes traffic delays
Feb 5 2012 1:28PM
Posted 17 days 10 hrs 1 min ago
MONROE,Neb. - A minor train derailment is causing delays along Highway 22 near Monroe.
According to a dispatcher at Nebraska Central Railroad, two cars of a 134 car train derailed around 10:30am Sunday. No injures were report but the train is blocking crossing until the derailment can be cleared.
Nebraska Central Railroad says the derailment should be cleared by around 3pm Sunday.
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Hofbauer: Up to a foot, thunder snow possible in Platte, areas north
Feb 3 2012 11:11AM
Posted 19 days 12 hrs 18 mins ago
COLUMBUS, Neb. - Winter weather is expected to blanket Nebraska beginning this afternoon.
Platte County Emergency Management Director Tim Hofbauer says the storm may also produce thunder-snow.
“Typically when there’s thunder-snow, it snows really hard. Instead of rainin it’s snowing,” said Hofbauer during an interview Thursday. “That’s why
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Nebraska Legislature cancels some Friday hearings
Feb 3 2012 11:10AM
Posted 19 days 12 hrs 19 mins ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Legislature has cancelled hearings because a severe winter storm is expected to blow across the state beginning Friday and running through Sunday.
All committee hearings scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday will be moved to February 13th at 9:30 a.m.
Lawmakers will end their Friday floor session at 11 a.m. to let senators get a head
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4th Dodge school board member recalled
Feb 3 2012 11:08AM
Posted 19 days 12 hrs 21 mins ago
DODGE, Neb. (AP) - Voters upset about the pending merger of the Dodge and Howells school districts in northeast Nebraska have recalled another Dodge school board member.
The Dodge County clerk's office says that in unofficial results from Tuesday's special election, 234 people voted to recall Allen Rolf and 140 voted to retain him in
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Man accused in Schuyler shooting, chase to have competency hearing
Feb 3 2012 11:03AM
Posted 19 days 12 hrs 26 mins ago
SCHUYLER, Neb. - A competency hearing is scheduled for a man accused of leading officers on a high-speed chase through two counties following a shooting near a Schuyler bar.
27-year-old Travis Reitan was arrested December 28th in Dodge County. His lawyer claims he was insane at the time of the incident.
Reitan is accused of firing three shots near Tiny’s Bar on B Street
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Peeping tom caught in Fremont
Feb 3 2012 10:59AM
Posted 19 days 12 hrs 30 mins ago
FREMONT, Neb. - Police arrest a Fremont peeping tom Thursday morning.
25-year-old Joel Juarez is accused of looking into the bedroom window of 26-year-old woman and trying to take pictures.
The area was under police surveillance after reports of a man seen looking into windows last week.
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Grass fire burns nearly 4 acres near Nickerson
Feb 3 2012 10:56AM
Posted 19 days 12 hrs 33 mins ago
NICKERSON, Neb. - Fire fighters take on another grass fire, this time near Nickerson.
Officials say a controlled burn became unmanageable and destroyed about four acres of grass along County Road 17 Wednesday afternoon.
No injuries were reported.
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Neb. bill would create deer donation program
Feb 3 2012 10:53AM
Posted 19 days 12 hrs 36 mins ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker says the state should join surrounding states in offering a large-scale program that allows hunters to donate deer meat to feed needy Nebraskans and prisoners.
Senator Tony Fulton of Lincoln says the state's abundance of deer and charitable hunters make a good combination to feed the hungry.
Fulton
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Neb. bill would let references say nice things
Feb 3 2012 10:52AM
Posted 19 days 12 hrs 37 mins ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Employers would be able to loosen their tongues a bit when they get calls about former workers, under a bill set for debate next week in the Legislature.
Businesses often encourage management to give out little information when asked about former employee because of the possibility of a lawsuit.
Legislative Bill 959 would
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Experts urge food safety for Super Bowl parties
Feb 3 2012 10:48AM
Posted 19 days 12 hrs 41 mins ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Anyone planning to a Super Bowl party this weekend should make sure they know how to defend against foodborne illnesses.
Experts at the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service say a few simple steps can greatly reduce the chance of illnesses.
First, anyone preparing food should be sure to wash their hands and their
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2nd person dies after weekend crash in Columbus
Feb 2 2012 11:04AM
Posted 20 days 12 hrs 25 mins ago
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) - A second person has died from injuries sustained in a rollover crash in Columbus last weekend, and charges are pending against the driver.
22-year-old Zachary Tharnish of Columbus died at an Omaha hospital. Previously, another passenger - 19-year-old Candace Randall-Stewart of Columbus - also died.
One other passenger in
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Blizzard feared as storm heads for Nebraska, Midwest
Feb 2 2012 11:02AM
Posted 20 days 12 hrs 27 mins ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A powerful winter storm system that could dump a dozen inches of snow in blizzard conditions has been forecast for Nebraska and portions of adjacent states.
A blizzard warning has been issued for three southwest Nebraska counties and nearby portions of Kansas and Colorado.
The National Weather Service says the warnings take
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NSP seizes 325 pounds of marijuana near Bradshaw
Feb 2 2012 10:59AM
Posted 20 days 12 hrs 30 mins ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Almost 325 pounds of marijuana was seized in a single traffic stop along Interstate 80.
The Nebraska State Patrol says a trooper discovered the illegal drugs in a pickup truck's tool box on Wednesday.
The trooper stopped an eastbound Ford truck near Bradshaw, Neb., for failing to use a turn signal. The trooper obtained
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Neb. bill would make youth sports fees tax exempt
Feb 2 2012 10:56AM
Posted 20 days 12 hrs 33 mins ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The loss of sales tax revenue is a small price to pay for healthier children in Nebraska.
That's the message Senator Abbie Cornett of Bellevue had for the Legislature's Revenue Committee on Wednesday.
Cornett is sponsoring a bill that would exempt entry fees to certain youth sports events or leagues from the state
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Trial postponed for 2 in North Platte kenneled boys case
Feb 2 2012 10:54AM
Posted 20 days 12 hrs 35 mins ago
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - Trial has been postponed for two North Platte residents accused of locking two young boys in a dog kennel.
The trials of 24-year-old Samantha Eyten and 20-year-old Lacy Beyer were supposed to begin Tuesday, but are now set for Feb. 13 in Lincoln County District Court.
The women are each charged with two counts of
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Warrant issued for Oakland mom in fatal crash
Feb 1 2012 8:46AM
Posted 21 days 14 hrs 43 mins ago
2-1-12, LYONS, Neb. (AP) - An arrest warrant has been issued for a Nebraska woman in a crash that killed her 4-year-old son near Lyons in Burt County.
Officials say 24-year-old Megan Douglas, of Oakland, was driving south on U.S. Highway 77 when she lost control of her car and collided with another vehicle on Jan. 11. Her son, Zachery, was killed.
Investigators
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Arlington man sent to prison for high-speed chase
Feb 1 2012 8:38AM
Posted 21 days 14 hrs 51 mins ago
2-1-12, FREMONT, Neb. (AP) - An Arlington man who led a state trooper on a dangerous high-speed chase through Dodge and Saunders counties has been sentenced to up to five years in prison.
28-year-old Steven Thomas was sentenced on Monday for flight to avoid arrest and driving under the influence. His driver's license was revoked for 2 years.
Thomas was
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Collision kills 73-year-old Gibbon man
Feb 1 2012 8:31AM
Posted 21 days 14 hrs 58 mins ago
2-1-12, RAVENNA, Neb. (AP) - A two-vehicle crash at a rural intersection in central Nebraska has killed a 73-year-old man.
The Buffalo County Sheriff's office said Tuesday that Larry Homan, of rural Gibbon, died after Monday's crash.
The sheriff's office says Homan's Chrysler van collided with a semitrailer truck at an
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Brainard man tries to sell vehicle for guns
Feb 1 2012 8:30AM
Posted 21 days 14 hrs 59 mins ago
2-1-12, BRAINARD, Neb. – Charges are facing a convicted felon in Brainard is accused of trying to sell a vehicle for a pair of shotguns.
42-year-old Donald Fults put an ad out on Craigslist that he’d trade his vehicle for the weapons and cash.
Fults was arrested last week for charges of a felon in possession of a firearm and marijuana possession.
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Nebraska measure would expand lawmaker term limits
Feb 1 2012 8:28AM
Posted 21 days 15 hrs 1 min ago
2-1-12, LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers could serve three back-to-back terms in office under a proposed constitutional amendment that would give voters the opportunity to expand the time they can serve.
Holdrege Sen. Tom Carlson will present the measure Wednesday to the Legislature's Executive Board.
Nebraska's term limits for
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Fremont dog has surgery after eating glue
Feb 1 2012 8:24AM
Posted 21 days 15 hrs 5 mins ago
2-1-12, FREMONT, Neb. (AP) - A Labrador retriever is recuperating after surgery in Fremont to remove a mass from its stomach from eating a small bottle of glue.
The dog, named Cali, chewed up a 2-ounce bottle of Gorilla Glue on Jan. 19. The glue expanded into a hard foam ball, about 5 to 6 inches in diameter, in the dog's
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