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Month: May 2016

North Platte Weather-May 6

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Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South southeast wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. South southeast wind 7 to 11 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a northeast wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. East southeast wind 8 to 13 mph.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Monday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66.
Monday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

Boys Town Campus to Celebrate Centennial with New Statue

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boys-townBOYS TOWN, Neb. (AP) — Boys Town National Headquarters will soon have a new statue to recognize that hardship isn’t exclusive to one race or gender.

Omaha sculptor Matthew Placzek is creating a new version of a statue of two brothers that currently sits at the entrance. The new statue is of an older boy carrying a smaller girl on his back. The girl is white, and the young man is black.

Boys Town was founded by Father Edward J. Flanagan in 1917 as an orphanage for boys. It has since grown into a pioneering nonprofit organization for troubled youth with 400 boys and girls living on the Omaha campus and about a dozen facilities around the U.S.

The new statue will be installed on the campus when the organization celebrates its 100th anniversary next year.

Nebraska Defendant Tells Judge He Doesn’t Want Attorney Reinstated

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Anthony Garcia
Anthony Garcia

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former doctor accused of killing four people with ties to an Omaha medical school told a judge he doesn’t want the Chicago attorney who was removed from his defense team reinstated.

Anthony Garcia wrote a letter to Douglas County District Judge Gary Randall that was filed Thursday.

Garcia says he doesn’t want Alison Motta reinstated despite the fact his legal team has asked the Nebraska Supreme Court to order that.

Randall removed Motta from the case after she made public comments days before Garcia’s trial was to begin that violated ethical rules and could have swayed a jury.

Garcia has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say he was motivated by revenge over professional grudges, including his being fired from Creighton University’s pathology department.

Nebraska Officials Reach Settlement with Internet Lenders

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Doug Peterson
Attorney General Doug Peterson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Unlicensed internet lenders have agreed to forgive more than $550,000 in loans as part of a settlement with Nebraska officials.

The agreement announced Thursday also requires four lenders to pay $950,000 in restitution for excess interest and fees paid by Nebraska consumers and $150,000 to the state.

The action by the Nebraska attorney general’s office and the Department of Banking and Finance targeted the businesses CashCall, Inc., Delbert Services Corporation, WS Funding, LLC and their owner J. Paul Reddam. It also targeted Western Sky Financial and its owner, Martin A. Webb.

State officials accused the companies of making loans to more than 2,400 Nebraska residents with annual percentage rates ranging from 89 percent to 342 percent, and charging unlawful fees.

Ohio Man Won’t Face Charges in Nebraska Stabbing

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Caleb McDonald
Caleb McDonald

ODESSA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have dropped charges filed against an Ohio man after a stabbing in south-central Nebraska.

19-year-old Caleb McDonald, of Liberty Township, Ohio, had been charged with assault and other crimes after the April 3, 2015, incident.

Last week a district judge in Buffalo County granted a prosecution motion to dismiss the case. After McDonald was given a psychiatric evaluation, prosecutor Mike Mefferd concluded that state law wouldn’t permit McDonald’s prosecution. McDonald’s attorney had said McDonald has a mental disorder.

Authorities say McDonald and another man were traveling in separate vehicles on a county road in Odessa when they exchanged words. The Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office says McDonald stabbed the man after they got out of their vehicles.

Nebraska Park Worker Dies After Being Pinned Beneath Mower

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CAMBRIDGE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Nebraska Game and Parks worker has died in a mower accident.

The Frontier County Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred around noon Tuesday while the 68-year-old seasonal employee was mowing campgrounds at Harry Strunk Lake near Cambridge. The office says the mower fell down a 10-foot drop-off and landed atop the man, pinning him in water.

Another worker found him and began resuscitation attempts. The man was pronounced dead later at a Cambridge hospital.

The Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Dale Oberst.

Omaha Suspect’s Family Says He Was at Picnic When Woman Was Shot

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Michael Goynes
Michael Goynes

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Relatives of a homicide suspect say he’s innocent of the allegations because he was at a family picnic when an Omaha woman was shot.

On Wednesday a judge ordered Michael Goynes held without bail while awaiting trial on charges of first-degree murder and other crimes. Police say he fatally shot Barbara Williams during a drive-by outside an apartment building on April 25.

Deshawn Goynes and Allenzandra Valentine say their brother never left the family picnic and say they have photos of him there.

A murder charge against Goynes in a separate, 2015 case was dropped earlier this year because prosecutors had doubts about proving the allegation.

Arlene Ruth Pace

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Arlene Ruth Pace, 76, of North Platte, passed away peacefully May 5, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born April 29, 1940 to Marion and Freda (Lindemeier) Nutt at Elsie, NE. She graduated from Elsie High School with the class of “57”. On July 24, 1957, Arlene was united in marriage to Ray Pace at Grant, NE. They moved to North Platte in 1965, where Arlene was employed at A&W Restaurant as a waitress and manager for over 18 years. She taught Sunday school at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and enjoyed ceramics and portrait painting. She is survived by her husband, Ray of North Platte; four children, Freda (Mike) Fredrickson of North Platte, Morse (Barb) Pace of Lincoln, Rodney (Mary) Pace and Raelene (Joe) Waltemath both of North Platte; 12 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; three brothers, Wayne (Freda) Nutt of Dickens, Tom (Sharon) Nutt of Holdrege and Glen Nutt of Elsie. She was preceded in death by her parents; infant brother, Dwight Nutt; two sisters, Bertha Harvey and Norma Nutt; two brothers, Marlin and Morse Nutt; and a granddaughter, Angel Pace. Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com. Memorials are suggested to the Children’s Cancer Fund. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Carpenter Memorial Chapel with Pastor Ford Craig officiating. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday and from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. at Carpenter Memorial Chapel, which is in charge of arrangements.

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