CHICAGO (AP) — Eric Hosmer hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Wednesday night to clinch home-field advantage in an AL Division Series.
Ben Zobrist singled with one out, and Hosmer drove a pitch from David Robertson (6-5) into the bullpen in right field to give the Royals the lead. For Hosmer, it was his 18th homer of the season. Continue reading “Hosmer, Royals beat White Sox 5-3 in 10 innings”
DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets signed veteran forward Mike Miller to a one-year deal Wednesday.
Miller played last season for the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he saw action in 52 games and averaged 13.5 minutes. The 15-year veteran has also played for Memphis, Miami, Washington, Minnesota and Orlando. Continue reading “Nuggets sign Mike Miller to 1-year deal”
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been found guilty by a Douglas County jury of first-degree murder and a weapons count in the shooting death of another man last year in a drug transaction that turned into a robbery.
The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office said in a news release that jurors deliberated nearly seven hours Wednesday before finding 20-year-old Jaquez Clifton guilty of killing 59-year-old Frank “Red” Sanders in his home on July 20, 2014.
Clifton faces life in prison when he’s sentenced on Dec. 1.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are searching for an Omaha woman missing following a home invasion early Tuesday.
Police were called to an apartment in southwestern Omaha just after 12 a.m. Tuesday for a possible shooting. Officers who arrived found three people in the apartment who reported a home-invasion robbery. Police also learned that 33-year-old Tiffanee Trecek had been taken.
Police have arrested a suspect, 26-year-old Terry Stafford, on suspicion of robbery. His case did not appear in online court records by Wednesday afternoon, and it was not clear whether he had an attorney.
A police spokesman, Officer Michael Pecha, said Wednesday that Stafford and Trecek lived together, but not at the apartment from which Trecek disappeared.
Police say they believe Trecek is in danger and are following leads trying to find her.
Omaha Police say Trecek may have died her hair purple shortly before the incident.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs got Sean Smith back from his three-game suspension on Wednesday, the same day they found out that fellow cornerback Phillip Gaines will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL.
Smith was suspended for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy after getting arrested last year for drunken driving. Continue reading “Chiefs get Sean Smith back, lose Phillip Gaines to torn ACL”
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LaVay Edith Henderson, age 78 of North Platte, passed away Wednesday September 30, 2015 at Great Plains Health.
LaVay was born on May 9, 1937 in Fremont, NE to Lawrence and LaVerna (Foust) Hergenroder. She graduated from Fremont High School and then attended college for two years in Omaha. She worked at Occidental Building and Loan as a secretary before marrying Charles D. Henderson on August 10, 1957 in Omaha. After they were married, she worked for Allied Van Lines, then Mutual of Omaha until 1988 when they moved to North Platte for Charles’ job. In North Platte she worked at ESU16 as a secretary and later for Pella Windows. LaVay was a member of 1st Evangelical Lutheran Church and loved to sew, bake and do calligraphy. She was very thoughtful, always sending cards to family and friends. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and being surrounded by her family and friends.
LaVay is survived by her husband Charles of North Platte; five children Chuck (Jeanie) Henderson Jr. of Omaha, Terri Jensen of North Platte, Steve Henderson of North Platte, John (Shelley) Henderson of Ashland, NE and Tony (Jennifer) Henderson of North Platte; 9 grandchildren, Becky Henderson, Valarie Henderson, David (Sara) Henderson, Patrick (Chelsea) Jensen, Johnathon Henderson, Jessica (fiancé Kevin) Henderson, Kendal Brooks, Klair Henderson, Anthony Martinez; 2 great grandchildren Layla Gail LaVay Jensen and Caiden Henderson; one brother Leo (Linda) Hergenroder of Gretna, NE; as well as other family members and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and brother Larry Hergenroder.
Memorials are suggested to the 1st Evangelical Lutheran Church and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday October 3, 2015 at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home with Reverend Frank Fitch officiating. Inurnment will be at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery at a later date. Those wishing to do so may sign the register book from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Friday October 2, 2015 at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two Omaha people are scheduled to be sentenced in November for kidnapping and savagely attacking a woman over her boyfriend’s debt.
Ronald Ford Jr. and Shavontae Green were convicted for the January attack on a 38-year-old woman. Their sentencing is set for Nov. 3.
Ford was upset because the woman’s boyfriend owed Ford money for a laptop computer. The 33-year-old Ford and 26-year-old Green went to the boyfriend’s house in January but found only the woman there. They beat her, kidnapped her and took her to their home.
Prosecutors say the woman was beaten again, sexually assaulted, burned with a cigarette, whipped with a chain, doused with boiling water on a shoulder and on her chest and also was splashed with bleach.
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A trial has been delayed for a 23-year-old Columbus man accused of seriously injuring the 4-month-old daughter of his live-in girlfriend.
Francisco Villatoro has pleaded not guilty to intentional child abuse resulting in injury. His trial was to begin Monday in Platte County District Court.
The trial has been rescheduled to begin Nov. 30. Villatoro’s attorney had sought more time to consult with medical experts about whether shaking had caused the infant’s injury.
Authorities say Villatoro called 911 on May 23 to report that the baby was choking. The infant was taken to Columbus Community Hospital and then transferred to an Omaha hospital. Doctors say the little girl suffered a head injury.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The resignation of a Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services administrator came after state officials discovered she had inflated her academic credentials.
A department spokeswoman said Wednesday that Yolanda Webb left voluntarily after a background check found discrepancies in her application materials. Webb had accepted a job as the state’s Developmental Disabilities division director.
Spokeswoman Kathie Osterman says Webb claimed on her resume that she had received a doctoral degree from Union Institute & University, but in her cover letter she said she was still working on the degree. Osterman says the governor’s office relied on the resume for a news release about Webb’s hiring and allowed her to review it, but she didn’t correct the inaccuracy.
The reason behind Webb’s resignation was first reported by the Omaha World-Herald.
