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Cougar sighting again in York County

YORK, Neb. (AP) — The York County Sheriff’s Department says it’s received another report of a cougar, the second report in less than a week.

The local media reports a person called the department on Friday to report seeing a cougar cross a road on the northeast side of town, in the vicinity of the York Family Aquatic Center.

Last Tuesday, a Waco-area resident reported seeing what appeared to be a cougar in the resident’s yard.

Neither report has been confirmed.

Cougars, which also are called mountain lions or pumas, have turned up as far east in Nebraska as Omaha.

There were several unconfirmed cougar reports last summer in York County.

The Floating Batmobile

In Kenny Chesney‘s newest music video, “Come Over,” Kenny is sailing through the open water in a sleek sportster of a boat. It turns out the floating bat mobile is actually Kenny’s personal boat. It was parked at Atlantis Paradise Island over Memorial Weekend. To be honest, I don’t know squat about boats, but this beauty seems like it would cost a pretty penny.

Monday Sports Day

BASEBALL
Interleague
Washington at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.
Boston at Miami, 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

HOCKEY
STANLEY CUP FINAL
Game 6: New Jersey at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

The Rotary International Chili Cook-off Winner follow up

This year the Chili  Cook-off had return entries and plenty of 1st year entries. Every booth looked amazing from the decor to the chili and all the smells combined.  Plenty of people showed up to have a taste of all 11 of the chili’s.

Every one at the Cook-off had a fantastic time and surely nobody left hungry… Here are the winners of The Chili Cook-off!

 

 

 

 

Mail Box Vandal Claims another Mailbox

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lancaster County man says vandals have forced him to replace at least 17 mailboxes since 1984.

Hubert Fox told the local media that he’s spent about $900 on new mailboxes so far. The expense would have been higher if Fox hadn’t been able to fix some of the mailboxes before they were damaged beyond repair.

Fox says a vandal with a ball bat took too many mighty whacks at the current mailbox for it to be repaired, so he will have to buy another.

He says his mailbox is a target because it can’t be seen from his house, so no one has been able to thwart the crimes or witness the vandals at work.

46 year old woman involved in a Hit-And-Run

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police say a 46-year-old woman is suspected of drunken driving and leaving the scene of a fatal accident.

Police Capt. Michon Morrow says Kelly Hall hit a man with her car as he crossed Cornhusker Highway near 14th Street. Morrow says Hall stopped to check on the man and then drove off.

Morrow says Hall called police about 20 minutes after the crash and she was arrested at an apartment complex in east Lincoln.

The name of the victim was not immediately released.

Hall remained jailed Monday morning.

Bridge open to public in Norfolk

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — The Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail’s new Norfolk bridge has been installed and is open for use.

The bridge sits three miles west of Norfolk, where it crosses the Elkhorn River. The old bridge was washed out in 2010.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says a two-mile stretch of trail west of the bridge has been repaired. But the remainder of the trail west to Battle Creek is under construction.

Work will continue into the fall to repair damage along 22 miles of trail. People can get updates from OutdoorNebraska.org to see which sections are closed for repairs.

The commission says the Cowboy Trail used to be part of the Chicago & North Western railroad’s Cowboy Line. The trail runs 321 miles across northern Nebraska, from Norfolk to Chadron.

Blaze damages one building and 200 acres near panhandle

MITCHELL, Neb. (AP) — Crews from five fire departments have fought a grass fire that blackened 200 or more acres near Mitchell in the Nebraska Panhandle.

Local Media reports that the fire began Sunday afternoon about four miles northeast of Mitchell. Winds gusting to 40 mph whipped the flames.

Mitchell Fire Chief Jon Wurdeman says the fire was started around 2 p.m. by an engine backfire from a loader.

Damage to one building and its contents was reported, but no injuries.

The fire was extinguished within a few hours, but the Mitchell department was called out again Sunday night to handle hot spots that had flared anew.

Fuel tax to decrease in July, by a half cent!

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s tax on every gallon of fuel sold in the state will decrease slightly in July.

The Nebraska Department of Revenue says the tax will decline to 26.2 cents per gallon on July 1. That’s a decrease of half a cent from the current tax of 26.7 cents per gallon.

Officials estimate that each cent of motor fuels tax generates about $12 million in revenue annually for the state.

The new fuel tax rate will remain in effect through the end of 2012.

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