CAMBRIDGE, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating accusations of hazing by Cambridge Public Schools students at a summer wrestling camp in Hastings.
The district says two students came forward with complaints. The specifics of their allegations have not been released.
Superintendent Robert Gregory says the district is cooperating with the patrol investigation. No arrests have been reported.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Francisco Lindor, making a late run for AL Rookie of the Year, was 3 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 5-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.
Danny Salazar (13-8) took a three-hit shutout into the seventh before Mike Moustakas started the inning with a home run. Continue reading “Lindor has HR, 4 RBIs to help Indians beat Royals 5-1”
Lincoln – The Big Ten Conference announced that Nebraska will make a minimum of 13 regular-season appearances on BTN, as the Big Ten Network announced it schedule for the 2015-16 season this week.
The Huskers will make a pair of appearances during non-conference action, taking on Southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 22 and Samford on Dec. 20. Continue reading “Huskers to Make Minimum of 13 BTN Appearances”
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is under a tsunami watch after an 8.3-magtidue earthquake off the coast of northern Chile.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued the watch, saying a tsunami may have been generated by Wednesday’s earthquake.
If there is a tsunami, the center estimates that the first wave would arrive about 3 a.m. Thursday.
The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency says officials are standing by, awaiting updates from the warning center.
The powerful earthquake shook Chile’s capital, causing buildings to sway and people to take refuge in the streets. There were no immediate reports on any injuries or damage.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — A man paroled after serving 41 years for murder has been sentenced to five years for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in southeast Nebraska.
Seventy-year-old Laddie Dittrich was sentenced Tuesday in Otoe County District Court. He’d been convicted of groping the girl at a rural home on Nov. 23, 2014.
Dittrich was one of three men convicted in 1973 of the slaying of an Omaha trucking company official.
In April 2013 the Nebraska Pardons Board commuted Dittrich’s sentence of life in prison without parole to 80 years to life, which allowed Dittrich to seek parole because he’d already served more than half of the 80-year minimum.
His parole has been revoked.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — A 17-year-old girl is accused of running her pickup over a woman in the Nebraska City library parking lot.
On Tuesday Otoe County Attorney David Partsch charged the girl with assault, use of a weapon and leaving the scene of an injury accident. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles accused of crimes.
Partsch says the girl and 22-year-old Amber Shipley got into an altercation outside the Morton-James Public Library about 5:30 p.m. Monday. The girl left to take a friend to work and then returned a parking lot adjacent to the library.
Partsch says the girl drove toward Shipley and ran her over. Shipley is being treated at a Lincoln hospital.
The girl’s father took her to the police station Monday night to surrender.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska has received nearly $450,000 in federal grant funding to address domestic violence against Native American women.
The Department of Justice announced the award Wednesday while unveiling more than $97 million in grant funding for American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages.
The Justice Department says American Indians and Alaska Natives experience disproportionate rates of violence and often struggle to access services.
Deborah Gilg, the U.S. attorney for Nebraska, says the grant will help the Santee Sioux continue their commitment to alleviating the high rates of domestic violence.
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane has crashed into an alfalfa field about a mile from the Lexington airport.
The plane went down around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday. Emergency responders say one of the two people in the single-engine Piper may have suffered a minor head injury.
The names of those on board and other information about the crash have not been released.
The crash is being investigated.
WHITNEY, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters have contained wildfire that burned nearly 1,800 acres of grassland in northwest Nebraska Tuesday.
The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency says five volunteer fire departments worked with firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service and two air tankers to deal with the fire in Dawes County.
Wind spread the fire through tall grass east of the village of Whitney quickly. It was contained by 6 p.m.
Crawford Fire Chief Brian Prosser, who coordinated the response, says the fire was likely caused by a mechanical problem on a hay baler.
Nebraska declared an emergency for the area to free up state disaster-relief money.
