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Month: June 2014

Nebraska’s Miles Fined $100 for Negligent Driving

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tim milesLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska men’s basketball coach Tim Miles has been fined $100 for negligent driving.

Miles pleaded guilty and paid the fine last week.

Miles was driving in southwest Lincoln on May 16 when his sport utility vehicle struck another that had slowed in front of him. The impact pushed the other SUV into the back of a stopped pickup.

Miles told police he had taken his eyes off the road, and when he looked up he was unable to avoid the other SUV. The other SUV’s driver reported that she went to a hospital to be examined for neck and back pain. There were no other injuries.

14-Year-Old Dies in Eastern Nebraska Crash

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fatal-accidentPLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 13-year-old girl was at the wheel during a car crash that fatally injured another teenager at a wildlife refuge in eastern Nebraska.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says the accident was reported a little before 9 p.m. Monday at the Schilling Wildlife Refuge, which is on the northeast side of Plattsmouth.

Deputies say the girl lost control of the car as it raced down a gravel road. A 14-year-old girl in the back seat was ejected when the car rolled. She was pronounced dead later at an Omaha hospital. Deputies identified her as 14-year-old Alexandria Wood, of Plattsmouth.

The young driver and a 21-year-old passenger in the front seat were hospitalized.

North Platte First Nationals to Host Great Plains Health Junior Senior Tournament

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first-nationalsThe North Platte First Nationals American Legion baseball teams are hosting their annual Great Plains Health Junior Senior Tournament at Bill Wood Field this week.

The tournament begins Thursday and runs through Sunday. The Juniors will be hosting Lincoln East B, Gretna and Overton while the senior teams competing will be Laramie, Wyo., Ogallala and Edgar.

The Juniors tournament runs Thursday through Saturday with the North Platte Juniors playing Lincoln East B and Overton once and Gretna twice that will count toward their Cornhusker League games. The Seniors tournament will be a round robin format with the top two teams playing each other for the championship on Sunday and the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds playing for third and fourth.

The North Platte Seniors come into the tournament riding a seven-game winning streak after going 5-0 and winning the championship of the Bubba’s Bash Tourney in Canon City, Colo. and then beating Scottsbluff in a home doubleheader on Tuesday. The First Nationals Seniors are currently 17-10 on the season.

In the Seniors tournament Laramie, Wyo. is currently 10-15-1 and have lost four of their last five games. Ogallala and Edgar are both young teams and haven’t played as many games this season. Ogallala is currently 5-6 and Edgar is 2-8.

The schedule for the tournament can be seen below.

Schedule

The team listed first will be the home team.

Thursday, June 19

12:30- North Platte Juniors vs. Overton

3:00- Overton vs. Lincoln East B

5:30- North Platte Juniors vs. Lincoln East B

8:00- North Platte Seniors vs. Ogallala

Friday, June 20

10:00- Lincoln East B vs. Overton

12:30- Lincoln East B vs. Gretna

3:00- Gretna Juniors vs. Overton

5:30- Edgar Seniors vs. Laramie, Wyo.

8:00- North Platte Seniors vs. Edgar

Saturday, June 21

10:00- Gretna Juniors vs. North Platte Juniors

12:30- North Platte Juniors vs. Gretna

3:00- Ogallala Seniors vs. Edgar

5:30- Laramie, Wyo. Seniors vs. Ogallala

8:00- North Platte Seniors vs. Laramie, Wyo.

Sunday, June 22

10:00- Seniors Seed 3 vs. Seniors Seed 4

12:30- Seniors Seed 1 vs. Seniors Seed 2

Big Ten Basketball Leads Nation in Attendance for 38th Straight Year

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Big-Ten-LogoRosemont, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference led the nation in men’s basketball attendance for the 38th consecutive season according to figures recently released by the NCAA. The Big Ten set a conference record with an average attendance of 13,534 per game, including regular season home games and all six sessions of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament.

During the 2013-14 campaign, the Big Ten welcomed 2,896,322 patrons, the 22nd straight year the conference eclipsed the two-million mark. In addition, the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament welcomed 111,427 fans over six sessions at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, an average of 18,571 fans per session and the largest total attendance in Indianapolis. Each of the last two tournaments have been sold out, including a conference record of more than 124,000 fans at the United Center in 2013.

For regular season and postseason home games only, the conference saw an increase in average attendance for the fifth consecutive year with 13,389 patrons per contest, the highest average since at least the 1999-2000 season. The Big Ten’s average attendance ranks third since at least 1971-72, trailing only the 1989-90 (13,455) and 1999-2000 (13,443) campaigns. In addition, for the first time since 2000-01 and 2001-02, the Big Ten drew an average of at least 13,000 fans per home game in back-to-back seasons. During Big Ten play, the conference eclipsed 1.5 million fans (1,513,266) for the first time in conference history, and averaged more than 14,000 fans per conference home game (14,012) for just the third time since at least the 1962-63 season.

Nine conference schools ranked in the top 25 in average attendance. Indiana led the Big Ten and ranked sixth nationally with an average of 17,359 fans per game. Wisconsin (17,104) ranked seventh, followed by No. 8 Ohio State (16,474), No. 13 Nebraska (15,419), No. 15 Illinois (15,246), No. 17 Iowa (14,976), No. 18 Michigan State (14,797), No. 23 Purdue (12,738) and No. 24 Michigan (12,698).

No Injuries Reported After Tornadoes in Cherry, Hooker Counties

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NOAA-NWS6OMAHA, Neb. (AP)–The National Weather Service says it received reports of several tornadoes in Nebraska after a severe storm system tracked across the northern Plains.

Meteorologist Darren Snively in the North Platte office says radar, spotter reports and pictures show that three tornadoes touched down Tuesday night in Cherry and Hooker counties, in the northwestern part of the state.

He says the Weather Service had received reports of a semi-trailer overturned and a car that rolled over in the area. No injuries were reported.

The Weather Service says tornadoes were also reported in the northeastern part of the state, near the South Dakota border.

Meteorologist Scott Dergan says it didn’t appear that those storms hit populated areas, but some farmsteads were damaged.

The Cedar County Sheriff’s Office had no reports of injuries.

Ramirez Homers, gets Injured in Dodgers’ 4-2 Win over Rockies

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colorado-rockiesLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hanley Ramirez homered before leaving with a hand injury, and Zack Greinke pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

Matt Kemp also went deep and Carlos Triunfel hit his first major league home run after replacing Ramirez. Greinke (9-3) threw a season-high 117 pitches over six innings, allowing a run and three hits with five strikeouts and two walks.

The right-hander tied St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright and Cincinnati’s Alfredo Simon for the NL lead in wins.

Ramirez, a three-time All-Star shortstop and the 2009 NL batting champion, left in the seventh with a bruised ring finger on his right hand after Corey Dickerson’s hard grounder to him deflected into short center field for an RBI double that trimmed the Dodgers’ lead to 3-2.

Nearly 50 Homes Destroyed in Pilger

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NEMAPILGER, Neb. (AP) — Officials say the tornado that swept through Pilger destroyed between 45 and 50 homes.

The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency released the numbers in a news release on Tuesday. Officials say 10 to 12 homes were also demolished in Dixon County in northeast Nebraska.

The National Weather Service says four tornadoes touched down during the massive storm, killing a 5-year-old girl in Pilger and a 74-year-old man who was driving in Cuming County.

NEMA says the two fatalities are the first tornado deaths in Nebraska in 10 years.

Bail Set for Teen in Omaha Shooting Death

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gavel-moreOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bail has been set for a 13-year-old boy facing an accessory charge in the shooting death of an Omaha man.

The boy must pay 10 percent of $5,000 in order to be released from jail.

The teen, along with boys ages 15, 16 and 17, are accused of being connected to the death of 23-year-old Brandon Wallace. He was found wounded on the front porch of his home and died June 7 at an Omaha hospital.

A warrant has been issued for a fifth teen, though it’s unclear how he is connected to the case.

The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles accused of crimes.

Regulators Defend Study of Nuclear Flood Risks

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fort-calhoun-dryOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators say the evaluation of unlikely flood threats to Nebraska’s two nuclear power plants will be thorough even though some scenarios won’t be considered.

The utilities are re-examining flood threats at Fort Calhoun and Cooper nuclear plants as part of an industrywide review after the 2011 Japanese meltdowns. Both Nebraska plants sit on the Missouri River.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission dropped two of five dam failure scenarios from the review.

NRC spokeswoman Lara Uselding said Tuesday one of the scenarios was eliminated because the Corps of Engineers determined that the combination of dam failure, flooding and earthquake wasn’t a credible threat.

The other scenario eliminated was similar to another one that will be reviewed.

Uselding says the review of flood threats will be robust and thorough.

 

Woman Rescued from Sandbar Near Iron Eagle

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firedptNORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — A dive team has rescued a 30-year-old woman from a sandbar near North Platte.

Melissa Stafford and Tristyn Jefferson had entered South Platte River to cool off on Tuesday afternoon. They soon were knocked off their feet by the current and struggled to reach safety.

About a mile downstream they made it to a sandbar. Jefferson went back in the water and eventually reached the riverbank. A friend who had not entered the water, Nathan Beebe, saw what happened and ran to the nearby Iron Eagle Golf Course, where he found a golfer with a cellphone to call 911.

Firefighters showed up a little after 2 p.m. They called in the county dive team, which reached Stafford and rescued her.

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