The Big Ten Conference and ESPN announced that Nebraska’s regular season finale against Iowa in Iowa City will kick off at 11 AM and be televised nationally on ABC. The second annual Heroes Game will kick off on the day after Thanksgiving, November 23. Nebraska beat Iowa 20-7 last year in Lincoln to claim the Heroes Trophy in the first year of the game’s existence.
Month: May 2012
Huskers Open Series in Bloomington Against Hoosiers Saturday
The Husker baseball team is hoping to get back on track on the road this weekend, as they open a three-game set at Indiana tomorrow. The Huskers have dropped three of their last five contests, including a doubleheader split against Cal State-Bakersfield in a non-league clash in Lincoln last weekend. They stand at 28-16 on the season and 8-7 in Big Ten Conference play, a mark that puts them in a four-way tie for fourth in the league. The Hoosiers are below the .500 mark overall at 22-23, but sit ahead of the Huskers in the conference with a 9-6 record. Freshman southpaw Kyle Kubat takes the hill for the Huskers tomorrow night as Darin Erstad continues his search for a reliable series-opening starter. Brandon Pierce and Zach Hirsch will follow in the rotation. First pitch for the series opener tomorrow night is set for noon.
Wahoo Star Murren Signs With Huskers
The Husker women’s basketball team has added another scholarship player for the 2012-2013 season, as former Wahoo standout Sadie Murren will play her college ball in Lincoln. Murren, a Super-State selection as a senior and three-time Class C1 All-State pick, was originally committed to Wisconsin-Green Bay, but was released from her scholarship after a coaching change. Huskers head coach Connie Yori says she expects the 5’8” guard to make an impact right away. Murren is the lone in-state scholarship recruit in Nebraska’s 2012 class.
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Prosecutors: Don’t steal drugs…now go about your day
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Prosecutors have dismissed a drug charge against a Lincoln woman arrested after she kept a prescription for painkillers mistakenly given to her by a pharmacy.
Diane Louise Meyer was arrested in February and charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Prosecutors dismissed the charge Friday after Meyer agreed to participate in a drug diversion program.
Police say when Meyer went to pick up a legitimate prescription, she was accidentally given more than 200 oxycodone pills meant for a woman with a similar name.
When the pharmacy called about the mix-up, Meyer said she had flushed the pills. But police searched her home and found them concealed in a wall.
Nebraska teen: I’m not dead
HARVARD, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska high school senior is set to graduate and go to college, although he’s been listed as dead.
Corbin Russell’s education plans are on hold because credit agencies and other records show that he’s deceased.
Russell’s Social Security number was used in a death benefit claim for a man in South Carolina who died in January 2010.
Russell and his mom, Monica, say scholarship applications have been rejected because of flagged credit reports. A valid and unchallenged Social Security number is necessary to seek student loans.
Social Security administration officials say Russell is alive in their records. The three major credit reporting companies say they need documentation to clear up the problem, which has vexed the Russells for nearly two years.
Lesson here: Don’t kill your spouse with hammers…
FAIRBURY, Neb. (AP) – A southeast Nebraska woman has been given life plus 50 years in prison for beating her husband to death.
55-year-old Susan DeJong was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for the first-degree murder of her husband. DeJong was given 50 years for using a deadly weapon to commit a felony.
Prosecutors say 52-year-old Thomas DeJong was beaten with two hammers at the couple’s home eight miles west of Fairbury on March 11 last year. He died the next day at a Lincoln hospital.
Prosecutors say Susan DeJong became obsessed with suspicions that her husband was having an affair.
Arrests Made in Kearney Child Prostitution Case
(Kearney, Neb.)- Two people are in jail following a Nebraska State Patrol investigation involving the forced prostitution of a 14-year old female.
The arrests follow a weeklong investigation in which investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol were provided information of a Craig’s List personal ad offering female companionship in the Kearney area. On Thursday, April 26, a 35-year old Upland woman was arrested at a Kearney motel, after she offered an undercover officer the services of a 14- year-old female.
A search warrant was served on April 26, at the Upland home of the 35-year old woman, where investigators recovered computers and other electronic devices. The continuing investigation led to the arrest of a male suspect in Omaha.
The 35-year-old female is being held in the Buffalo County Jail on a charge of conspiracy to commit sexual assault of a child and child pornography. Her name is being withheld to protect the identity of the 14-year-old child victim.
28-year-old Alexander C. Rahe, of Omaha was arrested, May 2, without incident at his residence in Omaha. He is being held in the Buffalo County Jail on a charge of 1st degree sexual assault of a child. The investigation remains ongoing.
Elm Creek teen wounded while trying to shoot raccoon
ELM CREEK, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska teenager is recovering after he shot his own foot while trying to shoot a raccoon that was attacking his dog.
18-year-old Devin Stall, of Elm Creek, was wounded Monday night. The Buffalo County sheriff’s office says he heard a raccoon attacking his dog and shot the animal with .22 rifle.
The sheriff’s office says the raccoon was wounded with the first shot and Stall put his foot on the animal to hold it down. When he fired again, he accidentally shot himself in the right foot.
Stall was treated at a Kearney hospital and released.