
Month: August 2011
(VIDEO) Meat Loaf Passes Out on Stage
(VIDEO) Miley Cyrus’ Meaningful Tattoo
(VIDEO) Taylor Armstrong Sued
(VIDEO) Katy Perry Takes on Hollywood
Lincoln County Jail booking activity- Monday morning
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Nebraska crash reports available online

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska is making it easier for people to obtain copies of accident reports. The state now offers accident reports online at www.buycrash.com. Each report costs $15. The website has a searchable database that includes reports from police and sheriff departments and the Nebraska State Patrol.
22 rail cars full of coal derail in western Iowa

DENISON, Iowa (AP) – Railroads crews are cleaning up after 22 cars of a coal train derailed in western Iowa. Mark Davis, spokesman for Omaha-based Union Pacific, says the 136-car train was headed from Wyoming to Illinois when a section derailed about 6:40 a.m. Sunday. No injuries were reported. Davis says crews will work into Monday to clear debris and repair about 800 feet of damaged track that stretches over two rail lines. One of the lines is expected to reopen early Monday. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
Authorities arrest 3 in Lincoln slaying (Update)

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Authorities have arrested three people in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man at a
Lincoln house party. The victim, Dwayne Greer, died at a hospital soon after the Sunday morning shooting. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that three people have been arrested, but their names and other information about them has not been released yet. Police say Greer was found on the front lawn of a home with gunshot wounds. Another man reported being assaulted at the party shortly before the shooting. This is the second homicide case in Lincoln this year.
Washington reaches debt ceiling resolution

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Congress and the White House have
apparently reached a compromise to raise the nation’s borrowing
limit.
President Barack Obama announced the deal in a White House press
conference Sunday evening. The President says the plan will cut $2
trillion in federal spending over the next ten years.
A report released to the Nebraska Tax Rate Review Committee this
month warned that the outcome of a debt ceiling standoff could have
a “significant impact” on Nebraska’s state revenues.
Elk Creek Sen. Lavon Heidemann, who chairs the Legislature’s
Appropriations Committee, says a sudden interest rate hike could
hit Nebraska businesses, which in turn could cut into the state’s
recently improved budget outlook.















