A North Platte woman has been charged with two felonies after she allegedly stabbed a man in the back.

At around 6:20 p.m. on September 1st, North Platte Police responded to a residence in the 1800 block of West Front Street.

Upon arrival, Officers made contact with a 46-year-old male victim who told them 57-year-old Mary Ryan had stabbed him one time in the back with a kitchen knife following an argument.

Following further investigation, Police determined there was probable cause to arrest Ryan and charge her with 2nd Degree Assault and Use of a Weapon to Commit a Felony.

She was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.

Officer say the victim’s injuries were not life threatening, and drugs and alcohol are believe to have played a part in the incident.

Atlantic City will welcome back the Miss America pageant with a ceremony Tuesday afternoon on the shore city’s famed boardwalk for all 53 contestants.

The pageant is returning to the New Jersey city where it was founded after a six-year run in Las Vegas.

The contestants — one from each state, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands — will gather across from Boardwalk Hall for a welcoming ceremony.

The competition will end with the crowning of the next Miss America on Sept. 15 in a nationwide television broadcast.

Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in scholarship assistance.

(AP) — A 22-year-old Gibbon man has been killed and three other people have been injured in a south-central Nebraska traffic accident.

The Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred around 8:20 p.m. Monday about a mile southwest of Gibbon.

The office says 20-year-old Darienne Newman, of Axtell, was driving with three people when she lost control of her car. It went into a ditch and rolled.

Newman and two passengers were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. The sheriff’s office says passenger Steven Kautz was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash is being investigated.

(AP) — A 36-year-old Kearney woman who hid assets so her mother would qualify for Medicaid has been given probation, some jail time and must pay back $30,000.

Amanda Wilson was sentenced Friday in Buffalo County District Court. She’d been convicted of misrepresentation to gain state assistance.

Wilson was sentenced to five years of probation and three months in jail. Wilson also must complete some group treatment and classes in social values, responsible thinking and financial responsibility.

The Nebraska Health and Human Services Department says in court records that Wilson didn’t report a checking account and property on the Medicaid applications she completed on behalf of her mother, Connie Franks. Officials also say Wilson didn’t disclose a joint account she shared with Franks, who died in December.

(AP) — A University of Nebraska-Lincoln plant expert is urging soybean growers to stay vigilant for stem and root rots, including white mold.

Plant pathologist Loren Giesler says the rots continue to be a problem in Nebraska soybean fields. Giesler says growers have reported white mold in several fields in northern Nebraska.

Giesler says all soybean infections typically start at a node. The cool, wet conditions that occurred during this year’s flowering were favorable for infections and fungus growth.

Giesler says he’s received several calls about whether a fungicide should be applied. He says there’s no good data to know for sure, but there may be some benefit in treating infections that are widespread.