SIDNEY Neb- A former assistant high school foot ball coach received three years of probation after he pleaded guilty for possession of multiple drugs in his vehicle during a traffic stop.
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Forty two year old Robert Lewis had both Marijuana and Hashish in his car when he got pulled over. Lewis pleaded guilty in May for two drug possession charges to receive three months of probation Wednesday in Cheyenne County District Court.
Lewis coached the Sidney Red Raiders and also helped coach track and field.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle says he’s ready to get back to work after suffering a mild stroke.
The 68-year-old mayor told reporters on Thursday that he was given a clean bill of health by his doctors, but he’ll cut back on his schedule and pay more attention to his diet and exercise.
Suttle was discharged from an Omaha hospital on Wednesday. He was admitted on Monday after returning to Nebraska from an economic tour of Europe. He was hospitalized last week in Ireland.
Suttle says he plans to be at City Hall on Monday.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A 39-year-old Grand Island man accused of hitting his 9-week-old daughter has pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts of child abuse.
Michael Valdez made a plea deal with prosecutors, who reduced the original felony charge. Valdez now faces up to a year behind bars on each count instead of up to 50 years under a felony charge.
His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 12.
Prosecutors say Valdez hit his baby girl in the head on April 18 last year and between April 1 and April 10 last year. The baby was treated for retinal hemorrhaging and fluid and blood on her brain.
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Light east southeast wind becoming southeast 8 to 13 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. South southeast wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 20-year-old woman found lying in a north Omaha driveway with a gunshot wound last weekend has died.
Omaha police say Valencia Hogan was found by police on Saturday afternoon after witnesses in the area reported gunshots. She was taken to a local hospital, where she underwent surgery.
Police say Hogan died of her injuries on Thursday.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has ordered the University of Nebraska at Omaha to release records relating to its decision to drop the football and wrestling programs in 2011.
Omaha attorney Mike Degan filed a lawsuit in April on behalf of 13 student-athletes who were seeking documents through a public-records request. UNO, chancellor John Christensen and athletic director Trev Alberts were named as defendants.
The lawsuit contended UNO set unreasonable conditions for the release of records, and Douglas County District Judge Leigh Ann Retelsdorf agreed in Wednesday’s ruling. She gave UNO 30 days to comply.
Degan has said his clients want to know if officials planned to drop football before they signed recruits to letters of intent in February 2011.
A UNO spokesman said the university’s general counsel is reviewing the order.
His Twitter handle is ‘alliseeisgold’. After winning two national championships at Nebraska, he’s had his eyes on the Olympic prize ever since. Today is Jordan Burroughs’ big day in London, as he wrestles in freestyle at the 74 kilogram weight class. It’s also a big day today for the US men’s basketball team, who takes on Argentina in semifinal round action. It’s the third time in twenty days these two nations have faced each other, with the Americans winning both previous matchups. In prime time tonight you’ll see a pair of relay races: the men’s 4X400 meter and the women’s 4X100 meter. The American female quartet of Bianca Knight, Jeneba Tarmoh, Tianna Madison and Lauryn Williams are heavily favored, while the men’s 4×400 team will face stiff competition from the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, and the host country Great Britain.
The Colorado Rockies have only won three three-game series since the beginning of June. They’re coming off of their latest accomplishment of that feat, having taken two out of three from the Dodgers in Los Angeles, as they open a three-game set in San Francisco against the Giants tonight. The Rockies aided the Giants in their race against the Dodgers in the NL West, as the Giants were able to hold their division lead over their bitterest rival. Now, the Rockies will hope to play spoiler in the other direction. But they’ve struggled mightly against San Francisco all season, losing six of eight meetings and getting outscored 61-39. Tyler Chatwood gets the start on the mound tonight for the Rockies. He’ll be opposed by San Francisco’s struggling ace Tim Lincecum. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action tonight, with the pregame show at 8:30 and first pitch at 9:15.
Peyton Manning was picked off at the goal line on his first drive leading the Denver Broncos offense in their 31-3 preseason win over the Chicago Bears last night in Chicago. Manning’s first play as a Bronco was a short pass dropped by tight end Jacob Tamme. His first completion was to Tamme off of a deflection. He completed 4 of 7 passes for 44 yards on the twelve-play opening drive, which ended on an interception by Chicago’s Major Wright. Manning was pulled for Caleb Hanie before playing a second series. The Broncos rolled to victory behind their defense, which allowed just 132 total yards, forced three turnovers, and didn’t allow the Chicago offense to cross midfield until the second half. Manning makes his home debut in the next preseason game next Saturday night as the Broncos host the Seattle Seahawks.
The United States women’s volleyball team and former Husker Jordan Larson are heading to the Olympic Gold Medal Match after beating South Korea in three straight sets (25-20, 25-22, 25-22) in the semifinal round at the 2012 London Olympics on Thursday.
Larson, who posted the second-highest kill total on the team, notched 10 kills, three blocks, a total of 14 points and one ace during the three-set match.
The teams traded small leads throughout much of the first set, but the U.S. took control on a 5-0 run with four points on Larson’s serve. South Korea stayed in front of the United States during most of the second set, until two errors by South Korea gave the Americans a 23-22 lead before Larson’s touch kill gave them set point. In the third set, the two teams were tied at 21, but the Americans dominated in the final stretch, winning four of the last five points. A stunning serve by Larson set up match point, where a kill by Logan Tom clinched the match and sent the U.S. to the final.
The U.S. women, who are 7-0 at the 2012 London Olympic Games and are 30-1 overall this year, are in search of their first Olympic Games gold medal after winning silver medals in 2008 in Beijing and 1984 in Los Angeles. Team USA also won the bronze in 1992 in Barcelona. The team will face Brazil. The gold medal match is slated for Saturday, Aug. 11 at 12:30 p.m. CT and will be shown via tape delay on NBC or live on nbcolympics.com.
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Light east southeast wind becoming southeast 8 to 13 mph in the morning.
