West Lafayette, Ind. – Andrew White III led four Huskers in double figures, but Purdue’s inside game was too much, as the No. 21 Boilermarkers topped Nebraska, 89-74, at Mackey Arena Saturday afternoon.
A.J. Hammons led Purdue with 32 points on 14-of-17 shooting while adding 11 rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots, as the Boilermakers shot 59 percent en route to improving to 19-4 on the season and 7-3 in the Big Ten. Continue reading “Huskers Fall at No. 21 Purdue, 89-74”
Piscataway, N.J. – Nebraska jumped to an early lead but Rutgers outscored the Huskers 17-7 in the final six minutes to hand NU a 66-56 road loss at the RAC on Saturday afternoon.
Nebraska had its six-game winning snapped to slip to 15-6 overall and 6-4 in the Big Ten, while Rutgers ended its four-game losing streak to improve to 13-9 overall and 4-6 in the conference. Continue reading “Huskers Fall at Rutgers”
Goodland, Kan. – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights basketball went on the road and split a couple of games losing to Fort Carson Army Base 75-58 and defeating the Northwest Kansas Technical College Lady Mavericks 78-75 this weekend.
In the Fort Carson game, Suhmer Mitchell led the Lady Knights with 18 points.
Against the Lady Mavericks, the Lady Mavericks outscored the Lady Knights in each of the first three quarters, 22-21. 22-20 and 19-15, but the Lady Knights outscored the Lady Mavericks 22-12 in the fourth quarter to gain the victory. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights Basketball Team Splits on Road”
Lamar, Colo. – The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team lost on the road to the Lamar Community College Runnin’ Lopes 79-75 in an important National Junior College Athletic Association Region IX South Sub-Region contest.
The Knights jumped out to a 14-9 lead and led at halftime 38-36.
The Runnin’ Lopes took a 48-41 lead in the second half and outscored the Knights 43-37 in the second half for the victory. Continue reading “NPCC Knights fall to Lamar on Road”
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Three Council Bluffs women have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and pistol-whipping a Nebraska woman at an area hotel.
Authorities 25-year-old Jennifer Trotter, 41-year-old Kimberly Trotter and 23-year-old Tyrell Jones were arrested Friday.
Police say Jennifer Trotter accosted the 21-year-old victim from Bellevue, Nebraska, outside the victim’s hotel room late Thursday night, brandishing a handgun. Police say all three suspects then forced the victim into her room, forced her to undress and lie on the bathroom floor while Kimberly Trotter, who is Jennifer Trotter’s mother, beat the victim in the face with the gun.
Police say the victim and suspects were acquainted.
All three suspects remained in jail Saturday and could not be reached for comment.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Farmers rumbling down the road in feed trucks are a common sight in Nebraska, but they may be breaking the law.
Farm implements fall into a legal gray area on the state’s roads, creating confusion among farmers and ranchers and forcing some to pay thousands of dollars in fines.
Nebraska lawmakers will wade into the debate during a legislative hearing Monday. Sen. Jim Smith of Papillion has introduced a bill that would exempt several types of farm equipment from the state’s weight and load restrictions.
The rules are designed to keep heavy vehicles from causing damage. But the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation and the Nebraska Cattlemen Association say the rules haven’t kept pace with farming equipment and trucks that have grown larger and heavier.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Three Nebraska feedlot workshops next month will offer expert advice on nutrition and economics.
The workshops will be held in West Point, Lexington and Scottsbluff on Feb. 9-11, and some of the sessions will be broadcast at locations in Iowa.
Experts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Iowa State University will speak at the afternoon workshops.
There will be presentations on the latest research on animal nutrition, feedlot management techniques and the outlook for the beef industry.
Registration costs $20 if it is done beforehand or $30 at the door. More details are available online at UNL’s Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources, https://bit.ly/1UtHr1G .
POLK, Neb. (AP) — Health officials are taking precautions after an eastern Nebraska teen died from an apparent case of meningitis.
Anyone who had close contact with the teen beforehand will be giving antibiotics as a precaution, but officials are not yet sure what type of meningitis the student had.
The teen was a student at High Plains Community Schools in Polk, Nebraska, before dying on Thursday. The student, who was a sophomore, wasn’t identified by officials.
School officials say the Central District Health Department isn’t treating this as a meningitis outbreak at this time.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln Police are investigating a shooting outside an apartment building that killed a 25-year-old man.
Police say the shooting was reported around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Officers found Joshua Hartwig fatally wounded when they arrived at the apartments about three miles north of downtown Lincoln.
Officers determined that there was an argument between a man and a woman about 30 minutes before the shooting, and the man left the area after the disagreement.
The shooting happened when a group of people was standing outside the apartment building.
Police Capt. Danny Reitan says bullets struck Hartwig and several vehicles in the area. Reitan says Hartwig, who lived in the apartments, wasn’t part of the earlier disturbance.
Reitan says a suspect was in custody on an unrelated charge Sunday.
GIBBON, Neb. (AP) — The Audubon Society’s Rowe Sanctuary is offering training for volunteers who want to help out during this spring’s annual crane migration.
The sanctuary will offer the three training sessions will each be offered twice in February to prepare for the migration.
Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes feed in farm fields between Grand Island and Kearney during the day and resting in shallow waters of the Platte each spring. The cranes then continue their journeys to arctic breeding grounds from winter homes in Texas, Oklahoma or Mexico.
Thousands of people visit the area every year during the bird migration.
More information about the training sessions is available by calling the Rowe Sanctuary at 308-468-5282.
