The North Platte Community College Knights Softball team split a doubleheader with the McCook Community College Lady Indians Friday Evening, losing the first game 9-5 and winning the second game 11-8. Continue reading “NPCC Knights Split Doubleheader with McCook”
Month: April 2016
Hope Wilke breaks NPHS shot put record at Don Bader Invite
Hope Wilke broke the NPHS shot put school record at the Don Bader Invite in Lexington with a mark of 40-feet 9-inches. The Lady Bulldogs brought home 9 medals, including a gold medal for Madison Raska in the long jump. The boys team won 10 medals overall.
Final Results 2016 Don Bader Invitational
Hope Wilke breaks the school record and gets 2nd in the shot today. 40'9"!!! #DonBader
— NP Girls Track (@NPTrack) April 22, 2016
Meyers Homers and Notches Win in 4-2 Victory
Lincoln – Sophomore Jake Meyers hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning and earned the win on the mound in Nebraska’s (25-15, 7-5 Big Ten) series clinching 4-2 victory over Nicholls State (17-24, 7-11 Southland) on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field. The last time a Husker homered and earn a pitching win was on Feb. 21, 2009, when Adam Bailey did it against Louisiana-Lafayette. Continue reading “Meyers Homers and Notches Win in 4-2 Victory”
Huskers Sweep Colorado in Ogallala
OGALLALA, Neb. – The Nebraska volleyball team swept Colorado 25-16, 25-20, 25-21 in its only spring match on Saturday in front of a sold-out crowd of 1,321 at Prairie View School. Continue reading “Huskers Sweep Colorado in Ogallala”
Nebraska Counties Split on Juvenile Attorney Appointments
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is taking steps to ensure juveniles who get into legal trouble have representation, but lack of resources will exclude children in most counties.
Gov. Pete Ricketts approved a law this month requiring that every juvenile in Sarpy, Lancaster and Douglas counties is automatically appointed an attorney as soon as a petition is filed in juvenile court. Currently youth in Nebraska are presented with the right to an attorney at their first appearance.
Juvenile advocates say without early access to legal counsel, children can make irrevocable mistakes early in the legal process that can affect future employment, education or result in unnecessary out-of-home placement.
But attorneys in rural counties say requiring immediate appointments would burden counties already strapped for funding and public defenders with heavy caseloads.
Omaha Elementary School Principal Dies ‘Unexpectedly’ at 47
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The principal of a northwest Omaha elementary school has died unexpectedly at the age of 47.
Superintendent Mark Evans sent a note to parents at Dodge Elementary School saying that Crystal Simpson died Friday.
Evans wrote that the death was unexpected, but he didn’t say what caused it.
Simpson had been Dodge Elementary’s principal since 2012. Before that she had also been an assistant principal at Standing Bear Elementary.
Simpson previously won a national teaching award from the Milken Foundation in 2008.
The district plans to have counselors at Dodge Elementary when classes resume on Tuesday.
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Western Nebraska Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — A 35-year-old western Nebraska man has died from injuries he suffered in a motorcycle crash.
Jerry Ash, of Mitchell, was driving a motorcycle west on Highway 26 when the crash happened late Friday afternoon. The Nebraska State Patrol says Ash failed to yield when making a left turn and was hit by an eastbound pickup.
Ash was taken to Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, where he was pronounced dead.
Racing Restrictions Lifted on Second Nebraska Horse Barn
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Racing restrictions that were briefly placed on about 25 horses at a second Fonner Park barn in Grand Island have been lifted.
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture had announced the restrictions Friday afternoon after a horse in the barn exhibited signs of equine herpes. On Saturday, those restrictions were lifted after test results showed the horse did not have the illness.
The racing venue is under quarantine after three other horses there tested positive for equine herpes. One horse was euthanized; the other two are being treated.
The 750 to 850 horses at Fonner Park can’t leave until the minimum 21-day quarantine is lifted. Fonner will continue racing through May 7, but the horses in the barn where the sick horses were kept are currently banned from racing.
Nebraska Woman Killed in Fall from Back of Pickup
SPRAGUE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 29-year-old Lincoln woman is dead after falling from the back of a pickup.
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday near Traditions Pub in Sprague, just south of Lincoln.
The office says Amanda Bundy fell from the truck’s tailgate as the pickup headed southbound on Market Street. Bundy was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators are asking for witnesses to come forward.
Scottsbluff Police Investigate Death, Arrest Brother
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Police say they suspect foul play in the death of a western Nebraska man and that the man’s brother has been arrested.
Scottsbluff Police Chief Kevin Spencer says officers were called to a home late Friday afternoon, where they found Christopher Reed dead. Spencer says the man’s brother has been arrested but did not say what the charges against the brother are.
Police have not said how Spencer died, but Spencer says investigators believe his death was a homicide.
Police did release other details about the death or arrest.