GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) – A cougar has been reported in the south-central Nebraska city of Grand Island, but the report has not been confirmed. Police say someone reported seeing a cougar in a backyard early Thursday morning. According to The Grand Island Independent, an officer who was sent to the area couldn’t find the big cat. Cougars, which also are called mountain lions or pumas, have turned up as far east in Nebraska as Omaha. There were at least four unconfirmed cougar reports during June in York County, which is east of Grand Island. A study estimated that at least 19 cougars are living in the Pine Ridge area of the Nebraska Panhandle.