Evanston, Ill. – Nebraska’s comeback fell short Sunday afternoon, as the Huskers fell at Northwestern, 65-54, in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Nebraska (14-17, 6-11 Big Ten) trimmed a 20-point deficit to 55-49 with 4:03 remaining after a pair of Shavon Shields free throws, but could not get closer, as the Wildcats held on down the stretch. Continue reading “Husker Comeback Falls Short”
Iowa City, Iowa – All-American TJ Dudley (184) fell to No. 3 seed Sammy Brooks of Iowa, 6-4, to take runner-up honors in the Big Ten Championships at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday afternoon.
Dudley, the No. 4 seed, managed three wins during the tournament and will enter the NCAA Championships with a 20-6 record. Continue reading “Dudley Takes Runner-Up Honors at Big Tens”
Lincoln, Neb. – The Nebraska softball team hit three home runs and scored in every inning but one, as the Huskers secured a series victory over Wichita State on Sunday with a 10-5 victory at Bowlin Stadium. Continue reading “Huskers Win Series With 10-5 Victory”
Long Beach, Calif. – The Nebraska pitching staff gave up just four runs over 22.0 innings in a doubleheader on Saturday at Blair Field, but NU’s offense was held to one run on the day and the Huskers dropped both games of the double dip to the No. 20 Long Beach State Dirtbags. Continue reading “Huskers Drop Doubleheader at #20 Long Beach”
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Women will remain a minority in the Nebraska Legislature no matter how many votes they receive in the upcoming election.
Of the 63 candidates who filed by Tuesday’s deadline to run for the 25 seats opening in the Unicameral this year, only 15 are women, including four senators running for re-election.
Currently, there are 11 women serving in the 49-member Unicameral, and if women were elected to all possible seats they could fill this fall, there would still only be a net gain of five seats.
The state’s women senators say they feel strong support from both voters and their male colleagues, but societal pressures and self-doubt keep women from considering running at all.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are investigating a shooting at an apartment building that injured two people.
The shooting was reported at an apartment building in eastern Omaha around 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
Police said two people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but they are expected to survive.
Authorities say witnesses gave police conflicting information about what led to the shooting.
MCCOOK, Neb. (AP) — Landowners in a southwest Nebraska county may be asked to pay higher taxes to support a struggling nursing home in McCook.
Red Willow County officials may ask voters to support a tax increase later this year to help cover the Hillcrest Nursing Home’s deficit. If voters don’t support the additional spending, the county may look at selling the nursing home.
Hillcrest administrator Colinda Nappa says the home is working to improve its financials, but it’s not clear how much of the nearly $500,000 it is owed can be collected.
The county already agreed last fall to help pay some of Hillcrest’s $608,000 in unpaid bills, but now it looks like they will have to raise additional money.
Assistant Allison Borio says Mrs. Reagan died Sunday at her home of congestive heart failure.
Her marriage to Ronald Reagan lasted 52 years until his death in 2004.
A former actress, she was Reagan’s closest adviser and fierce protector on his journey from actor to governor of California to president of the United States.
She rushed to his side after he was shot in 1981 by a would-be assassin, and later endured his nearly decade-long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. In recent years she broke with fellow Republicans in backing stem cell research as a way to possibly find a cure for Alzheimer’s.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — State prosecutors say an Omaha mental health counselor has been ordered to pay more than $300,000 for filing fraudulent Medicaid claims.
The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office says 42-year-old Lawanda Cook was ordered Friday to pay $312,759.
Prosecutors say an investigation found that Cook submitted 1,599 Medicaid claims with no supporting clinical records, as required by law, and was paid a total of $208,506. Cook says she failed to maintain progress notes or clinical records to support the claims.
Last year, Cook was sentenced to nine months in jail for causing the motor vehicle death of 55-year-old Joanne Smith. Police say Cook was distracted when she ran into the back of Smith’s car as Smith was unloading items from the trunk on an Omaha street.
Tanner Nordhues pleaded no contest last week in Buffalo County District Court. A defendant does not admit guilt in a no-contest plea, but acknowledges that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict.
Police say Nordhues had sex with a 14-year-old girl last March and that a month earlier, he sent a 15-year-old girl sexually explicit images of himself.
Nordhues is set to be sentenced in May, when he faces up to 55 years in prison on the counts.
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