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Month: July 2012

Actress Kristin Chenoweth “Knocked Out Cold”

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Actress Kristin Chenoweth was hospitalized Wednesday after getting smacked by falling lighting equipment on the Brooklyn set of the CBS drama “The Good Wife.”

Chenoweth, 43, was “knocked out cold” after getting hit “square in the head. I thought she was dead at first,” the witness said, adding that she slammed her head on concrete during her fall.

“That area is a vortex for wind … and a big gust of wind blew the lighting off the scaffolding,” the witness added.

An FDNY spokesman told The Daily News paramedics responded to North 6th St. and Kent Ave. in Williamsburg about 5:05 p.m. after receiving a report that a woman was hit by scaffolding.

The spokesman did not identify the victim by name, but said she was transported to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries.
“The Good Wife” star Josh Charles was spotted rushing into the hospital Wednesday night.
Chenoweth’s publicist and manager did not return requests for comment. Calls to CBS reps also went unreturned.

A Bellevue hospital spokeswoman confirmed that Chenoweth — who has won an Emmy and Tony award — was receiving treatment there.

Wednesday Sports Wrap – Freeh Report Confirms Paterno, Other PSU Officials Lied

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Former FBI director Louis Freeh  has released results of the investigation into Penn State’s role in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse affair, and it is not kind to higher-ups at the school. According to the report, Penn State senior leaders, including football coach Joe Paterno, disregarded the safety and welfare Sandusky’s victims. The Nittany Lions’ former assistant football coach has been convicted of 45 counts and is awaiting sentencing.

Freeh says the most “saddening and sobering” finding from his group’s report into the Jerry Sandusky child sex scandal is Penn State senior leaders’ “total disregard” for the safety and welfare of the ex-coach’s child victims.

He says that the “most powerful men at Penn State failed” to take any steps for 14 years, calling out Paterno, ex-President Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley and former senior vice president Gary Schultz.

The investigation concluded that the senior officials “concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky’s child abuse” because they were worried about bad publicity.

Sandusky is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of 45 criminal counts. The scandal led to the ouster of Paterno and Spanier.

LONDON (AP) – Every country competing in London will include women athletes for the first time in Olympic history. The IOC announced today that the last holdout, Saudi Arabia, will send two female athletes to the upcoming games, a judo athlete and an 800-meter runner.

UNDATED (AP) – Baseball fans have another day to wait for the major leagues to pick back up after the National League’s 8-0 embarrassment of the American League in Tuesday’s All-Star Game. There’s a full complement of games on the Friday schedule.

LAKE ORION, Mich. (AP) – The fourth of the Champions Tour’s five majors is under way in Michigan. Olin Browne is the defending champion at the U.S. Senior Open.

ALBERTVILLE, France (AP) – The 11th stage of the Tour de France is well under way and Britain’s Bradley Wiggins is wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey for a fourth straight day. The man he took it from, Fabian Cancellara (FAH’-bee-un kahn-cheh-LAH’-rah) of Switzerland, pulled out of the race today to return home for the birth of his second child.

McCook Man Arrested on Child Enticement/Pornography Charges

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McCook, Neb. (NSP)- An investigation by the Nebraska Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), involving the Nebraska State Patrol, Gosper County Sheriff’s Office and the McCook Police Department has led to the arrest of a 26-year old McCook man on charges related to child enticement and pornography.

Jeffrey A. Anderson, 26, McCook, was taken into custody just after 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 10, at the McCook Police Department. His arrest follows a three week long investigation in which Anderson used a social networking site to communicate with and send sexually explicit messages to a juvenile female.

Anderson was lodged in the McCook City Jail on charges of enticement by electronic communication device, child abuse, and attempted manufacture of child pornography.

NSP planning special efforts in these counties

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol has planned special enforcement efforts for Douglas and Sarpy counties in eastern Nebraska.

The patrol says it will have troopers work overtime for the weekend efforts this month, August and September. A grant of nearly $12,700 from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety will help pay for the overtime.

The high visibility patrolling is aimed at taking more drunken drivers off the roads.

Neb. ed commissioner to receive national award

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Education Commissioner Roger Breed will receive the National Educational Administrator of the Year award.

Breed is set to receive the award Thursday at the National Association of Educational Office Professional’s annual conference in Costa Mesa, Calif.

Nebraska’s affiliate of the national association, comprised of about 200 educational office employees statewide, nominated Breed for the national award.

Breed is only the second state education commissioner to receive the award since 1973, when it was first established. Nancy Grasmick, from Maryland, was the first in 1992.

Chance of storms today!

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Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. South wind 7 to 10 mph.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Gaynelle Lindekugel

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Gaynelle Lindekugel, 100, of North Platte, passed away July 10, 2012, at Linden Estates.
She was born on Dec. 18, 1911, in Bradshaw to Philip Oren and Maude Myrtle (Fay) Ferree. Gaynelle graduated from Hershey High School in 1930.
On Aug. 31, 1933, she married Claude P. Lindekugel at Hershey. They lived in Hershey until moving to North Platte in 1959.
Gaynelle was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a P.E.O. member.
She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Pat Lindekugel, of Bradenton, Fla.; two grandsons, Michael Lindekugel, of Renton, Wash., and Douglas Lindekugel, of Phoenix, Ariz.
She was preceded in death by her husband; and two sons, Philip, and an infant son, Michael Lee; and her parents.
Online condolences may be shared at carpentermemorial.com
Services will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 13, at Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 3-8 p.m. today at Carpenter Memorial Chapel, which is in charge of arrangements.

Heineman heading to national governors’ meeting

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Dave Heineman, the chairman of an association of American governors, is heading to the group’s annual meeting in Virginia.

The Nebraska Republican is scheduled to arrive at the National Governors Association meeting on Thursday. The gathering for Republican and Democratic governors runs through Sunday.

Heineman has served as the group’s chairman since July 2011, and is the first Nebraska governor to hold the title in 50 years. His one-year term ends Sunday, when he will be replaced by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell.

Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy is currently serving as chairman of the National Lieutenant Governors Association.

The National Governors Association represents the governors of all 50 U.S. states, and five U.S. territories.

Delays for coach arrested for possession

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SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — Sentencing is delayed for a former assistant high school football coach in Sidney on drug charges.

Robert Lewis was charged last November after the Nebraska State Patrol found marijuana and hashish in his car during a traffic stop in Sidney. Troopers had been tipped that he was transporting drugs.

Lewis pleaded guilty in May to two drug possession charges.

Lewis’ sentencing, which had been set for Thursday, was reset for Aug. 8. Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub says the delay is to complete a pre-sentence investigation.

Lewis had been on the Sidney High School coaching staff for ten years. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

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