NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (North Platte Post) – An early morning assault has three North Platte residents facing felony charges.
Police were called to the 2800 block of Rodeo Road around 1:30 a.m. Monday on a report of several assaults. The resident’s estranged husband allegedly led a pipe-wielding attack with two others on several people inside the home. The man, 22 year old James Horn was soon arrested and charged with two counts of second degree assault and use of a weapon to commit a felony, both felonies. Assisting Horn in the alleged attack were 19 year old Johnathon Loving and 23 year old Cortney Lopez. Loving was arrested and charged with aiding and abetting second degree assault; a felony, third degree assault and second degree trespassing. Lopez is still being sought on charges of aiding and abetting second degree assault, third degree assault and second degree trespassing.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The number of Nebraska farms dropped again last year.
A report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says the total hit 46,800 in 2011, compared with 47,200 in 2010.
The service says the 2010 figure was unchanged from 2009. But those figures were down 200 from 2008’s count.
In Nebraska, the average farm size was 972 acres last year, compared with 966 the year before.
The number of Nebraska farms with annual sales above $500,000 grew by 1,500 in 2011. Much of that was offset by a combined drop of 1,100 for the sales categories of $100,000 to $250,000 and $250,000 to $500,000. The USDA says higher commodity prices were a major factor in those figures.