A Tuesday traffic stop for speeding on Interstate 80 in Hamilton County led to the seizure of 58 lbs. of marijuana and one arrest.

Just after 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 13, a trooper stopped an eastbound 2015 Chevy Suburban for speeding about a mile east of the Giltner exit on I-80 in Hamilton County. An NSP canine indicated to the odor of drugs coming from the vehicle. A search of the SUV led to the seizure of 58 lbs. of marijuana. The marijuana was located in three duffle bags in the cargo area of the SUV.

The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, George B. Kuckly,44, Nevada City, Calif., was lodged in the Hamilton County Jail on a charge of Possession of a Marijuana with Intent to Deliver.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The murder case against the 24-year-old sister of a convicted Omaha killer has gone to a Douglas County jury.

Erica Jenkins is charged with murder and other crimes in the Aug. 19, 2013, slaying of Curtis Bradford. Her second murder trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 26 in slaying of Andrea Kruger on Aug. 21, 2013. Jenkins’ brother, Nikko Jenkins, was convicted last year in the 2013 killings of Kruger, Bradford and two other men within weeks of leaving prison.

Three Jenkins family members testified against Erica Jenkins during the trial.

Erica Jenkins, who’s already serving time for robbery, was not in the courtroom and has waived her right to attend the trial.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The Grand Island city attorney says the City Council didn’t violate the state’s public meetings law when the council split up to privately interview candidates for the Ward 1 seat on the council.

Before Tuesday’s open council meeting, the council divided itself into groups of four and five to talk to the three candidates. A public meeting would have been required if a quorum of six members were present.

City attorney Bob Sivick says the closed meetings didn’t violate Nebraska’s Open Meeting Act, which requires public bodies to meet in public except for specific exceptions. The groups met just feet apart in the administration suite on the first floor of City Hall, interviewing the same three people separately for 30 minutes each.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha’s fire chief says his department ambulances will send trauma patients only to Nebraska Medical Center and not to Creighton University Medical Center, which is not a certified Level 1 trauma center.

Fire Chief Bernie Kanger said Tuesday that the decision doesn’t suggest that the Creighton hospital “has been lacking.”

The department had been sending trauma patients to both hospitals, depending on the day of the week. But state authorities have rejected CHI Health’s application for Level I status for Creighton’s trauma center.

The state’s chief medical officer told Creighton hospital officials in a letter last week that a review team found in October that the trauma center failed to meet four out of more than 160 standards. Creighton officials say they’re working with the state to resolve the situation.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been sentenced to at least a year in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting sex from an investigator posing online as a 15-year-old girl.

A Lancaster County district judge sentenced 38-year-old David Kucinsky to one to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to a felony charge of enticing by electronic communication device.

According to court documents, Kucinsky posted an online ad seeking regular contact with a young girl. An investigator with the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office pretended to be a teenage girl and answered the ad.

The two exchanged emails for a month, and authorities say Kucinsky asked for nude photos.