OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City animal control officer says she was skeptical when a man called to report a 4-foot-long carp in a drainage ditch.
But Jamie Schmidt, a school resource officer with the Olathe, Kansas, Police Department, soon found herself wrapping up the 60-pound dead fish in trash bags and using a lift to get it into her truck. It was actually 3 ½ feet long.
The unidentified man found the carp Friday in the ditch near an elementary school. Schmidt, who is filling in as animal control officer while the regular one is on maternity leave, thinks it came from a nearby lake after heavy rains.
Schmidt says it was easier to haul the fish away dead than had it still been alive.
KEARNEY, Neb. – The Tri-City Storm will open its 2015-16 schedule with a rematch of last spring’s Western Conference Semifinal playoff series, hosting the Omaha Lancers on Friday, Sept. 25 at the Viaero Event Center in Kearney.
The full schedule for the 2015-16 season will be released by the USHL league office on Thursday morning.
Expected returning players from the 2014-15 season include Nolan Aibel, Wade Allison, Tory Dello, Mattias Goransson, Jason Krych, Dan Labosky and Jake Wahlin.
Tri-City Storm season tickets for the 2015-16 season are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the Viaero Event Center Box Office at 308.338.8011.
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. East northeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
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A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. East southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 63. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday
A slight chance of thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 96. South southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night
A slight chance of thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday
A slight chance of thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Mike Trout flashed the skill that puts him at the front of baseball’s new generation, just moments after four of the all-time greats had just walked off the field.
Trout became the first player in 38 years to homer leading off an All-Star game, Prince Fielder drove in two runs to show this era is not just about the kids, and AL arms outdueled their more accomplished NL rivals.
A new-look All-Star Game finished with the same old result. The AL beat the NL 6-3 Tuesday night and will open the World Series at home for the 10th time in 13 years.
Alex Gordon personifies characteristics NU fans cherish…team-first mindset, humble spirit and passionate By; Rwork ethic. (Photo Courtesy Chris Vleisides/Kansas City Royals)
By: Randy York (N-Sider Blog)
Alex Gordon is an iconic name and a popular figure in Lincoln, at the University of Nebraska, across the state and wherever Husker fans live or visit. He’s the only National Player of the Year in Nebraska baseball history and one of only two Huskers ever named a two-time first-team All-American. Gordon received those honors in 2004 and 2005.
Even though a groin injury prevents Gordon from making what would have been his first career MLB All-Star Game start tonight in Cincinnati, we salute the Lincoln native’s stature and bestow the Honorary Captain title on our All-Time Nebraska All-Star Baseball Team. Gordon personifies characteristics that Nebraska fans cherish. His team-first mindset, humble spirit and passionate work ethic enabled Gordon to emulate those priceless virtues while growing up in Lincoln and explain why he draws droves of Husker fans to so many Major League Baseball parks.
In my opinion, Gordon might have been the most influential catalyst for the incredible loyalty Kansas City fans are now known for. He exemplifies the drive and unity the Royals’ needed in their magic carpet ride to the seventh game of the 2014 World Series. TV cameras perpetually showcase fans in royal blue chanting “Let’s go Royals!” But patches of red throughout major league stadiums and spirited chants of “Go Big Red” often are woven into that foundation. No wonder Gordon loves and appreciates intensely loyal Royal fans. He grew up one himself, and it’s something he still values.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been arrested on suspicion of selling methamphetamine after authorities say he met an undercover officer for drug deals with his 1-year-old daughter in tow.
35-year-old Carlos Ruiz Castro was charged Monday with four counts of possession of methamphetamine.
According to police, Castro met with an undercover Lincoln Police officer four times for drug deals and sold 87.5 grams of methamphetamine for $3,300. Authorities say Castro brought along his daughter with him for two of the deals, including the one when he was arrested.
Castro is being held in the Lancaster County on $200,000 bond. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are looking for the people who stole about $10,000 in guns from a collector’s Omaha storage unit.
The collector told Omaha police that many of the guns had sentimental value.
John McQueney says list of stolen firearms hold priceless memories for him, because he had built a bond with his late father through them.
Some guns were rare, and others were antiques. McQueney says he wishes he had documented them better, because authorities have told him serial numbers can be helpful in tracking down stolen firearms.
LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Police in the Omaha suburb of La Vista say a report of a mountain lion in a residential area appears to be credible, and they are investigating.
A person reported to police seeing a cougar near 103rd and Giles over the weekend.
The sighting comes two months after Omaha police shot and killed a mountain lion outside a commercial building at 102nd and Q streets.
In March, Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies searched a large field after somebody reported spotting a cougar near 144th and Pacific. They did not find a mountain lion.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Court of Appeals has ruled that a former prisoner who was sexually assaulted by a guard can sue the corrections department for retaliating against him after he reported the incident.
The court on Tuesday reinstated part of a lawsuit filed by the 33-year-old ex-inmate. The guard, Anthony Hansen, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of an inmate in May 2012.
Court papers say Hansen pressured the inmate into meeting him in a commons area at the Omaha Correctional Center and sexually assaulted him. The inmate says that after he reported the assault, he was placed in segregation and eventually transferred to a maximum-security prison.
The appeals court upheld a judge’s dismissal of claims alleging that the state was negligent in hiring and supervising Hansen and in protecting the inmate.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City animal control officer says she was skeptical when a man called to report a 4-foot-long carp in a drainage ditch.
