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COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) – A Norfolk woman has died in a collision between a car and a semi north of Columbus. The Platte County sheriff’s office told the Columbus Telegram that 62-year-old Linda Reinders was a passenger in the car involved in Saturday’s crash. She died at the scene. Reinders’ daughter, 49-year-old Laurie Vaughan of Norfolk, was driving the car. The sheriff’s office says it struck the rear of the semi, driven by 55-year-old Dennis Starman of Elgin, as it was making a turn. Reinders was flown to an Omaha hospital. Details of her injuries weren’t released. Her 12-year-old daughter, also a passenger, was treated at a hospital and released. Starman wasn’t hurt. The crash remains under investigation.
The deadline for Major League Baseball teams to sign their Entry Draft picks is one week away, and Bubba Starling still hasn’t signed on the dotted line with the Kansas City Royals. Starling remains in Lincoln working out with the Nebraska football team. He was present for Friday’s fan day but can not practice with the team because he is not on the official 105-man camp roster. Huskers head coach Bo Pelini told the media on Saturday that they would keep Starling off the practice field until a decision had been made on his professional baseball future. The Huskers have two open slots on their 105-man camp roster, and players can be added two it at any time. Pelini is saving those slots for Starling and freshman defensive back Charles Jackson, whose academic eligibility is as yet unresolved.
Camp is officially open for the Nebraska football team. The Huskers held their first practices of the fall on Saturday and Sunday, practicing for two hours in helmets but without pads. Huskers head coach Bo Pelini said he felt Saturday’s practice was a pretty typical first practice of camp. Among the most notable developments of the weekend were freshman Jamal Turner, who starred at wide receiver in the spring, taking snaps at quarterback, and offensive linemen Marcel Jones and Givens Price missing time with injuries.
The Colorado Rockies’ epic Sunday futility continues. The Rockies lost to the Washington Nationals 3-2 at Coors Field yesterday afternoon, their sixteenth consecutive Sunday loss. The Rockies had battled back from two runs down with two runs in the seventh inning, with Ty Wigginton’s RBI single tying the game. But Matt Belisle gave up a run in the top of the eighth inning that would prove to be the game winner for Washington. Rockies starting pitcher Aaron Cook threw six and two thirds strong innings, allowing just two runswhile striking out four, but had to settle for a no-decision. The loss gives the Rockies a four-game split with the Nationals and a 2-5 homestand record. They hit the road tonight to start a four-game series with the Cincinnati Reds. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action with pregame coverage at 5:30 and the first pitch at 6:10.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a man shot and killed a woman in a Lincoln apartment before turning the gun on himself. Lincoln police say a witness reported seeing the man shoot the woman with a shotgun during an argument just before 7 p.m. Saturday. That’s when the witness fled the apartment and called 911. Police say officers arrived to find both the man and the woman dead. The man died of a gunshot wound to the head. Their names have not been released. No other suspects are being sought.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Thousands of Nebraskans are without power after a storm blew through the eastern part of the state.
The Omaha Public Power District says more than 24,000 customers lost power in Saturday night’s storm. Those affected stretched from Nebraska City north to Washington County, including the Omaha area. Service was restored to many customers by 8 a.m. Sunday and work continues to get power back on for about 3,500. A Lincoln Electric System spokeswoman says power was out for about 14,000 of its customers in the city at the height of the storm. About 2,800 were still without power by midmorning Sunday but service was expected to be restored by day’s end.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A fallen Nebraska National Guard member had only been in Afghanistan a week or so before being killed in a helicopter crash. Sgt. Patrick Hamburger was among 30 Americans killed when a U.S. military helicopter was shot down Saturday in eastern Afghanistan. The 30-year-old Hamburger was a native of Lincoln and lived in Grand Island. Military officials have not released the names of those killed but Hamburger’s family confirmed his death. His brother Chris says Hamburger arrived in Afghanistan less than two weeks ago. He says Hamburger didn’t have to go but wanted to because the rest of his unit was going. He says it’s not surprising his brother died trying to help his unit because he’s always been protective of his family and friends.
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) – Officials have officially opened two new National Guard centers in Nebraska. Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held Friday for the facilities in McCook and Columbus. Gov. Dave Heineman was among the dignitaries in attendance. The construction of the centers were a collaboration of the Nebraska Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve. The McCook center replaces one built in 1962. It will become home to the Guard’s 45-member Detachment 2, 1195th Transportation Company and the Reserve’s 48-member Detachment 1, 1013th
Quartermaster Company. The Columbus center will replace the Guard’s current readiness center, which was built in 1956. It will become home to the Guard’s 87-member 1075th Transportation Company and the Reserve’s 45-person 45th Military Police.
It’s only this writer’s opinion, but the Wave is the single biggest scourge upon sports and whoever invented it is truly history’s greatest monster.
What do you think?
