January 2015 – Page 75 – North Platte Post Archive

Omaha Police Investigate 1st Homicides of 2015

Posted on January 4, 2015January 4, 2015

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha Police say a 52-year-old man became the city’s first homicide victim of 2015 after he was found with a gunshot wound in a park Saturday.

Police said Tommie Harden was found around 10:15 a.m. Saturday.

A woman who lives near Adams Park in northeast Omaha called police after Harden was found lying in the park.

Harden was bleeding from a gunshot wound in his chest when he was found. He was taken to an Omaha hospital where he died.

Police did not announce any arrests immediately, and they asked anyone with information on the death to contact investigators.

US Medical Worker Exposed to Ebola Overseas Heads to Omaha

Posted on January 4, 2015

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska medical officials say an American health care provider who experienced high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone will be observed at the facility’s biocontainment unit in Omaha.

Nebraska Medicine says in a release that the unidentified patient will arrive about 2 p.m. CST Sunday aboard a private air ambulance.

Phil Smith, M.D., medical director of the facility’s biocontainment unit, says the patient “is not ill and is not contagious.” He says officials will take “all appropriate precautions.”

The patient will be observed for possible infection during the 21-day incubation period of the disease, both by monitoring for symptoms and through blood tests.

Three patients with Ebola have been treated at Nebraska Medicine, which is a clinical partner of the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

UNL Offers Online Course for People Who Love Horses

Posted on January 4, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — People who want to become experts in managing and training horses can now take an online course from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Iowa State University.

The master equine manager program offers comprehensive training for people involved in the horse industry.

UNL Extension specialist Kathy Anderson says the program focuses on quality horse care and responsible horse ownership.

The course costs $325 for adults or $250 for youths. More details are available online at www.extension.iastate.edu/masterequine .

Nuggets Rout Travel-Weary Grizzlies 114-85

Posted on January 3, 2015January 4, 2015

DENVER (AP) — Ty Lawson scored 25 points, rookie Jusuf Nurkic provided a lift inside by blocking a career-best five shots, and the Denver Nuggets snapped a three-game losing streak with a 114-85 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night.

Arron Afflalo added 23 points and Kenneth Faried had 13 points and 13 rebounds as the Nuggets kept up their mastery of Memphis at home, improving to 32-5 all-time.

Marc Gasol scored 18 points for the travel-weary Grizzlies, who were running on fumes on the second night of a back-to-back. They held off the Lakers 109-106 in Los Angeles on Friday.

Two Goals Enough For Lancers To Hold Off Storm

Posted on January 3, 2015January 4, 2015

KEARNEY, Neb. – The Omaha Lancers (16-8-4) were able to hold off a late charge and defeat the Tri-City Storm (14-10-5) 2-1 in front of a crowd of 4,041 at the Viaero Event Center on Saturday night.

Storm defenseman Mattias Goransson scored the lone tally of the contest for Tri-City, while netminder Alec Dillon made 16 saves to keep his team in the game the whole way.

Omaha has now won nine consecutive games and four of their five meetings with Tri-City this season.

The Storm had lots of chances and pressure in the Lancers’ end, outshooting Omaha 31-18 on the night, but goaltender Kris Oldham let only one puck past him, and earned his fourth victory of the season over Tri-City.

All three goals came in the middle period, with the two squads holding each other off the scoreboard in both the first and third frames.

Lancers’ defenseman Jimmy Schuldt made it 1-0 Omaha with a power play strike at 5:24 of the second for his eighth goal of the season. Assists on the goal went to forwads Anthony Angello and Josh French.

Goransson earned the equalizer during a 2-on-1 with forward Chris Wilkie. Forward Dan Labosky got the second assist on the play, pushing the puck to Wilkie as he took a hit in the neutral zone.

Wilkie then moved in to the Omaha end and out-waited the lone Lancer defenseman, sliding the puck to Goransson and drawing Oldham to his side. The Swedish native hit the back of the net for his fifth goal of the year and his fourth point of the weekend.

However it only took 1:09 for the Lancers to re-take the lead, as forward Louie Rowe hit Nick Rivera in front for a one-timer that beat Dillon.

Tri-City attempted 25 shots in the final period, but just nine made their way through to Oldham.

The Lancers now have 36 total points and sit in second place in the USHL’s Western Conference, while Tri-City has 33 points which is good for third place.

The Storm will host Waterloo for a weekend series on Friday and Saturday. Friday’s game starts at 7:30, while Saturday’s contest gets underway at7:05.

Notes: The Storm scratched forwards Garrett Gamez and Kyle Eastman along with defenseman Cameron Spicer…

SCORING SUMMARY

1st Period

(no scoring)

2nd Period

Omaha – Jimmy Schuldt (power play) (Anthony Angello, Josh French) 5:24
Tri-City – Mattias Goransson (Chris Wilkie, Dan Labosky) 14:08
Omaha – Nick Rivera (Louie Rowe, Brian Williams) 15:17

3rd Period
(no scoring)

PENALTIES

1st Period

Tri-City – Kevin Kerr – (Tripping), 2 min, 2:32
Tri-City – Daniel Labosky – (Cross Checking), 2 min, 13:52
Omaha – Louie Rowe – (Roughing), 2 min, 13:52
Omaha – Michael Wilson – (Hooking), 2 min, 18:20

2nd Period

Tri-City – Jalen Schulz – (Interference), 2 min, 4:27
Tri-City – Dan Labosky – (Tripping), 2 min, 5:54
Omaha – Nash Worden – (Holding), 2 min, 11:19
Omaha – Nash Worden – (Roughing), 2 min, 19:22

3rd Period

Omaha – Steven Spinner – (Slashing), 2 min, 5:46
Tri-City – Jalen Schulz – (Holding), 2 min, 9:18
Omaha – Jimmy Schuldt – (Slashing), 2 min, 11:35

Power Play

Omaha – 1/4

Tri-City – 0/5

Shots

Omaha: 3, 10, 5 = Total: 18
Tri-City: 11, 11, 9 = Total: 31

Saves
Omaha – Kris Oldham – 30/31
Tri-City – Alec Dillon – 16/18

Huskers Travel to Iowa Monday Night

Posted on January 3, 2015January 4, 2015

The Nebraska men’s basketball team hits the road for the first time in Big Ten action on Monday night, traveling to Iowa City to take on the Hawkeyes.

Tipoff for Monday’s matchup between the Huskers and Hawkeyes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena is set for 8:06 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on BTN with Dave Revsine and Jim Jackson on the call. The game is also available online and on mobile apps on BTN2Go.

The game will be broadcast across the state of Nebraska on the IMG Husker Sports Radio Network, including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln, 1110 KFAB in Omaha and KRVN 880 AM in Lexington with Kent Pavelka calling the action and Matt Davison adding color commentary. The game can be heard for free on Huskers.com and available on the Huskers’ app on iOS or android devices, as well as on TuneIn Radio and on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.

The Huskers (8-5, 0-1 Big Ten) looks to regroup following a 70-65 home loss to Indiana in their Big Ten opener on Wednesday. The Huskers battled back from a 16-point first-half deficit to take a four-point lead midway through the second half against Indiana, but a costly offensive stretch in the second half proved costly. The Huskers had only one field goal over an eight-minute stretch to allow the Hoosiers to regain the lead for good. Nebraska cut the deficit to three points in the final 30 minutes, but were unable to get the rebound to get a chance to tie the contest.

The Huskers feature two of the top wings in the Big Ten in juniors Terran Petteway and Shavon Shields. Against Indiana, the duo combined for 43 points and 15 rebounds in a losing effort, as Petteway scored a game-high 23 points, while Shields added 20. On the season, Petteway is second in the Big Ten at 19.5 points per game, while Shields is third at 17.4 ppg.

The Huskers enter the Big Ten road opener looking to even their road record at 2-2 this season, and have won four of their last seven road games since snapping a 12-game road losing streak on Feb. 8, 2014.

Iowa is 10-4 on the season and comes off one of its most impressive efforts of the season, a 71-65 win at Ohio State last Tuesday in its Big Ten opener. In that game, the Hawkeyes got 18 points each from Jarrod Uthoff and Aaron White and held Ohio State to 42 percent shooting. Iowa is 8-1 at home this season with the only loss coming to Iowa State.

Monday’s game begins a stretch of three Big Ten games in a seven-day stretch for the Huskers, as NU hosts Rutgers (Thursday) and Illinois (Sunday).

Omaha City Council to Look at Housing Code Rules

Posted on January 3, 2015

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha City Council will consider major changes to the city’s housing code inspection and enforcement regulations just two weeks after a fatal fire in a south Omaha boarding house killed two people.

The City Council will discuss the changes at a meeting Tuesday. The timing is coincidental, as the changes are part of a proposed settlement to a federal lawsuit that landlords filed against the city.

The proposed ordinance would establish standard procedures and deadlines for inspections, violation reports and follow-up inspections. It would also set specific deadlines for repairs based on the severity of violations.

The inspection and enforcement changes would primarily affect landlords, but would also apply to private homeowners when complaints are filed against their properties.

Elderly Nebraska Woman Killed in 2-Vehicle Crash

Posted on January 3, 2015

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — An elderly Fremont woman has died in a crash on a city street.

The Fremont Police Department says 82-year-old Phyllis Eichmeier was traveling eastbound on a city street Friday night when her car crossed the center line and hit a westbound car.

Eichmeier was taken to a Fremont hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The 57-year-old male driver of the other car was treated at the hospital and released.

Police and the Nebraska State Patrol are investigating.

Freshmen lead No. 25 Hoyas past Creighton 76-61

Posted on January 3, 2015January 4, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) — Freshmen L.J. Peak, Tre Campbell and Paul White combined for 37 points, leading No. 25 Georgetown past Creighton 76-61 on Saturday in a Big East matchup.

With a pair of starting seniors, Joshua Smith and Jabril Trawick, on the sideline because of foul trouble, Georgetown (9-4, 1-1) relied heavily on its first-year players, who provided 25 of 29 points during one span.

Campbell’s 3-pointer early in the second half wrapped up a 15-2 spurt that put Georgetown ahead 39-31. And White’s 3 with 7 1/2 minutes to go gave the hosts a 61-46 edge.

Smith did wind up with 16 points, and Trawick with 12. But Big East preseason player of the year D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera was limited to five.

Devin Brooks and Zach Hanson led Creighton (9-6, 0-2) with 11 points each.

No. 14 Maryland beats No. 12 Nebraska 75-47

Posted on January 3, 2015January 4, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 24, Laurin Mincy added 22 and No. 14 Maryland used a big second half on Saturday to beat 12th-ranked Nebraska 75-47.

Maryland (11-2, 2-0 Big Ten) had more points in the second half (48) than the Cornhuskers (10-3, 0-2) scored in the game.

Walker-Kimbrough was 10 of 13 from the field with nine rebounds and Mincy was 3 of 6 from 3-point range.

The Terrapins took the lead for good with a 13-2 run to open the second half. Nebraska closed within 46-38 before Maryland stretched the lead to 64-42 with an 18-4 run. Mincy had a three-point play and two 3-pointers during that run and scored 20 of her 22 points in the second half.

The game was tied 27-all at halftime.

Tear’a Laudermill and Rachel Theriot scored 12 each to lead the Cornhuskers, who had a four-point lead in the first half.