The legend’s will, which she signed in 1993 — a month before she gave birth to Bobbi — was filed yesterday in Atlanta. Whitney’s estate is valued at around $20 million. The money will be put in a trust and Bobbi, 19, will get a portion when she turns 21, another portion when she turns 25, and the rest when she’s 30.
Most dogs spend their days sleeping, eating and playing fetch. This dog probably does all those things, but he also sings and plays the piano. Check out this talented pooch.
| 2008 | The Pussycat Dolls‘ Carmit Bachar — also known as the red-haired girl — announces that she’s leaving the group. |
| 2007 | The number of billionaires in the world grows to 946. Bill Gates still tops the list with a net worth of 56-billion dollars, followed by Warren Buffett and Mexico’s Carlos Slim. The list is an increase of 153 over the number of billionaires a year earlier. |
| 2002 | Ice Cube‘s All About the Benjamins opens in movie theaters. |
| 2001 | Rob Zombie regains the distribution rights to his film House of 1000 Corpses after Universal Pictures decides not to release it due to concerns about the horror flick’s violence. |
| 2000 | Two Jacksonville, Florida police officers trying to win tickets to a Kid Rock show are suspended for taking lewd pictures of scantily clad women on their patrol cars. |
| 1999 | New York Yankees baseball legend Joe DiMaggio dies in Hollywood, Florida at age 84. |
| 1999 | The Supreme Court upholds the conviction of Timothy McVeigh for the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City. |
| 1999 | Forbes names Michael Jordan the most powerful celebrity on the planet. |
| 1994 | The Us3 album Hand on the Torch goes gold. |
| 1993 | Beavis and Butt-head premieres on M-T-V as a series. |
| 1991 | LL Cool J makes his movie debut, playing an undercover cop in The Hard Way. |
| 1965 | The first U-S combat troops arrive in Vietnam. |
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Two high profile drug busts in our area resulted in federal prison terms for two defendants from North Platte.
On March 1, Brian Craig Devino, 36, was sentenced to 20-years in prison for distributing methamphetamine which resulted in the overdose death of Stacey Gonzalez in February of 2011.
United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg says Gonzalez was found dead in her North Platte home by a family member on February 23, 2011. A small amount of methamphetamine was found in Gonzalez’s bedroom by investigators from the North Platte Police Department. Devino and Gonzalez had gone out for drinks and then returned to Gonzalez’s residence with take-out food on the evening of February 22, 2011. Devino admitted to officers that he had provided Gonzalez with a small amount of methamphetamine before leaving her residence.
Devino’s charge carried a mandatory minimum prison term of 20 years due to the fact that the use of the methamphetamine resulted in a death. Following the prison term, Devino will serve four years on supervised release.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the North Platte Police Department.
Another convicted drug dealer from North Platte was sentenced March 6 to nearly five years in federal prison. Gilg says Lisa Ann Rosenberg, 27, was arrested and charged last year, after selling more than 51 grams of cocaine base to a confidential informant on June 14, 2011. A co-defendant from Colorado, Megan Miller, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and will be sentenced April 4th.
That case was investigated by the CODE Task Force which is made up of law enforcement agencies throughout a 22-county area in west-central/southwest Nebraska and includes the North Platte Police Department, Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Red Willow County Sheriff’s Office, Frontier County Sheriff’s Office, Nebraska State Patrol, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Today: Sunny, with a high near 53. North northwest wind between 9 and 11 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Northwest wind between 6 and 9 mph becoming calm.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming south southwest between 15 and 18 mph. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. South southwest wind between 7 and 14 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a south wind 7 to 10 mph increasing to between 17 and 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.
Celebrities:
Kat Von D 30, Tom Chaplin (Keane) 33, Nick Zano (What I Like About You) 33, James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek) 35, Freddy Prinze Junior (She’s All That) 36, Gaz Coombes (Supergrass) 36, Boris Kodjoe (Soul Food: The Series) 39, Shawn Mullins 44, Kathy Ireland (former supermodel) 49, Camryn Manheim (The Practice) 51, Aidan Quinn (Legends of the Fall) 53, Gary Numan (“Cars”) 54, Randy Meisner (ex-Eagles) 66, Lynn Redgrave (Georgy Girl) 1943-2010
Locals:
Dillon Siemers 16!! LOOK OUT!!, Becky Gilland!
The St. Patrick’s Irish are back to state for the second straight season, and are the third seed in the Class C2 state tournament. Last season, in what was their first trip to state in six years, the Irish defeated Arapahoe in overtime in their first-round contest before falling to Fremont Archbishop Bergan and Ravenna to finish fourth at state. The 20-5 Irish, who knocked off Alma and Southern Valley in subdistrict action before beating Perkins County in the C2-6 district championship game, will strive to make a return to the state semifinals tonight, when they face Ponca in first round action at Lincoln Northeast High School. The sixth-seed Indians are 22-3 on the campaign. ESPN Radio 1410 will have the action live tonight. Pregame coverage begins at 8:30, with tip-off scheduled for 8:45.
#8 NORTH PLATTE ST. PATRICK’S IRISH (20-5) – third seed
>> Coach: William O’Malley
>> Scoring averages: 56.1-44.6
Player, Ht., Yr., Pts., Reb.
Andrew Vinton, 6-0, Sr., 15.0, 6.0
Joseph Clinch, 6-1, Jr., 11.1, 8.5
James Keenan, 6-0, Jr., 10.3, 3.6
Matthew Jensen, 5-10, Sr., 6.2, 4.2
Mark Mayfield, 6-2, So., 5.8, 3.8
>> Tournament history: Repeat qualifier is making 10th appearance. Won Class D in 1928.
#4 PONCA INDIANS (22-3) – sixth seed
>> Coach: Bob Hayes
>> Scoring averages: 54.8-38.8
Player, Ht., Yr., Pts., Reb.
Trenton Peterson, 6-5, Sr., 15.8, 4.0
Seth O’Neill, 6-5, Sr., 9.9, 7.6
Jesse Walsh, 5-10, Sr., 6.1, 1.7
Patrick Watchorn, 5-9, Jr., 4.8, 1.7
Shane Husen, 6-2, Sr., 4.6, 2.3
>> Tournament history: First appearance since 2008 and 14th overall. Won Class C-2 in ‘07 and was runner-up in ‘00.
The Hershey Panthers boys basketball team is making their first trip to state since 1994. They’re the seventh seed in the Class C1 state tournament. This morning, the 17-5 Panthers take on the 22-1 Minden Whippets. Q-Country 107.3 has the action live, with pregame coverage starting at 8:45 AM leading to the tipoff at 9 AM.
#10 HERSHEY PANTHERS (17-5) – seventh seed
>> Coach: Dustin Jorgenson>> Scoring averages: 49.8-43.1
Player, Ht., Yr., Pts., Reb.
James Moore, 6-0, Sr., 12.3, 5.7
Bryson Hellmuth, 6-1, Sr., 11.8, 6.3
Jordan Hiatt, 6-1, Sr., 10.8, 6.0
Wesley Layton, 6-3, Sr., 9.0, 5.1
Dylan Johnson, 6-3, Jr., 5.3, 3.1
>> Tournament history: First appearance since 1994 and ninth overall. Won C-1 in ‘93 and was runner-up in ‘94.
#2 MINDEN WHIPPETS (22-1) – second seed
>> Coach: Shannon Lovin
>> Scoring averages: 62.7-39.0
Player, Ht., Yr., Pts., Reb.
Carson Blum, 6-0, Sr., 17.4, 6.6
Derek Kissinger, 6-1, Sr., 13.7, 5.2
Christian Schwenka, 6-4, Sr., 9.1, 6.4
R.J. Watson, 5-11, Jr., 6.6, 1.7
Thomas Sinsel, 5-9, Sr., 4.6, 1.9
>> Tournament history: Last year’s runner-up is making fifth consecutive appearance and 31st overall. Finals record: 5-5, last title Class B in 1958.
The Nebraska baseball team made it four consecutive wins and eight wins in their last nine games with a 4-1 defeat of Nebraska-Kearney yesterday afternoon at Hawks Field in Lincoln. Kale Kiser sparked the offense with a solo home run in the sixth inning that started a three-run frame that provided the winning margin for the Husker. It was Kiser’s second homer in as many games. Richard Stock, Austin Darby, and Chad Christensen also drove in runs for the Big Red. Five Husker hurlers combined to allow just one run on five hits. Dexter Spitsnogle worked the first three innings, and Ryan Hander worked innings four through six to earn the first win of his Husker career. Luke Bublitz worked a clean ninth for the save. The Huskers move to 8-4 with the win. They host California for a four-game series starting Friday.
The Colorado Rockies lost to the San Francisco Giants 8-6 in Cactus League action in Scottsdale, Arizona yesterday. The Rockies offense pummeled Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum, touching up the two-time Cy Young Award winner for five runs on seven hits in the first two innings. Carlos Gonzalez, Troy Tulowitzki, and Michael Cuddyer each had two hits, with the latter driving in three runs. Charlie Blackmon hit a solo home run to lead off the game. On the mound for the Rockies, starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie allowed two runs on five hits in his two innings of work. Forty-nine year old lefty Jamie Moyer, bidding to continue his career, pitched two scoreless innings in relief. The Rockies drop to 1-2-1 in Cactus League play. They face the Kansas City Royals this afternoon.
