North Platte – The North Platte Community College Knights softball team announced the signing of eight new players for the 2017-18 season.
The recruits include Mikayla Gibson, Ally Oxborrow, Kamree Christensen, and Kenlee Wanlass from Utah; Ashlynn Krueger and Darkia Brown from Colorado; Janessa Dunton from Nevada; and Hailey Wilkins from Texas. Continue reading “NPCC Knights Softball Signs Eight”
North Platte – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights volleyball team has signed North Platte High School Bulldog senior Jordynn Simpson to a national letter of intent to play volleyball for the 2017 season.
Simpson is the daughter of Stuart and Lisa Simpson of North Platte.
The 5’ 6” senior libero had an injury shortened season. Simpson also played volleyball for the Flatrock Volleyball club team.
Simpson said, “I chose North Platte because I wanted to be closer to home and family/friends. North Platte has a really good volleyball program and improves every year. I like the program and the coaches.”
Lady Knight Head Coach Alexa McCall said, “We are excited to have Jordynn join our program. She is a great kid as well as a solid player. I think she will fit right in and be an impact player.”
Simpson is the Lady Knights first signee for the 2017 season.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal school bus crash in Chattanooga (all times local):
The Latest: Bus driver arrested in fatal school bus crash
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal school bus crash in Chattanooga (all times local):
12:45 a.m.
Police say the driver of a school bus that crashed in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing six people, has been arrested.
Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher says 24-year-old Johnthony Walker has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving.
Fletcher says additional charges may be added as the case proceeds to a grand jury.
The school bus was mangled around a tree at the scene. Police say the students on the bus ranged from kindergarten through fifth grade.
The bus was carrying students from Woodmore Elementary.
6:50 p.m.
The district attorney says six people are dead in an elementary school bus crash in Chattanooga.
Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston told media outlets that five people died at the scene and one died at the hospital. Melydia Clewell, spokeswoman for the district attorney, confirmed the number.
The school bus was mangled around a tree at the scene. Police say the ages of the students ranged from kindergarten through fifth grade.
The bus was carrying students from Woodmore Elementary.
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6:10 p.m.
Chattanooga police are reporting multiple deaths in an elementary school bus crash.
In a news conference Monday, Assistant Chief Tracy Arnold said there were multiple fatalities but did not confirm the exact number. Police have said the bus crash sent 23 people to area hospitals and 35 schoolchildren were on the bus Monday afternoon.
The school bus was mangled around a tree at the scene. Arnold said the ages of the students ranged from kindergarten through fifth grade.
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5:50 p.m.
Chattanooga police say an elementary school bus crash has sent 23 people to area hospitals.
Police Chief Fred Fletcher said 35 schoolchildren were on the bus Monday afternoon. He did not have information about the extent of injuries and said rescue efforts were continuing.
Fletcher said at a news conference that the bus was the only vehicle involved in the crash. The students on board ranged from kindergarten through fifth grade.
At the state Capitol in Nashville, Gov. Bill Haslam called the crash “a tragic event” and offered assistance.
Fletcher said police were interviewing the bus driver to determine what happened.
The bus was carrying students from Woodmore Elementary.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Three people were injured when a sport utility vehicle crashed into the terminal at Omaha’s airport.
The incident happened around 1:35 p.m. Monday at Eppley Airfield.
Omaha Airport Authority Police Chief Tim Conahan says the man driving the Jeep Grand Cherokee had just arrived on a flight from California.
Conahan says the man’s brother needed to use the restroom, so he asked the man to drive around the terminal and pick him up.
But the driver was startled when he shifted into reverse and then put the SUV in drive. The vehicle hit the driver’s brother and a woman getting into her car before smashing into a revolving door and window.
One person was in critical condition and the second person was in serious condition. The driver sustained minor injuries.
OFFUTT AIR BASE, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s new senators are getting a preview of issues they’ll have to tackle in January, including an estimated $900 million budget shortfall.
The seventeen senators-elect and other lawmakers gathered for a session preview last week at Offutt Air Force Base. Outgoing Republican Speaker Galen Hadley cautioned them that running for election is easy while governing is difficult.
The senator who is chosen as the new speaker will have to oversee a tough budget year as well as manage a Legislature that has seen increasing filibusters over the past several years.
The Legislature’s Executive Board chairman Republican Sen. Bob Krist says the conversations and questions from the newly elected senators were encouraging.
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a trucker dumped a load of corn on a southeast Nebraska highway after reading a text telling him he’d been fired.
Court records say 36-year-old Darren Walp, of Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania, is charged with felony criminal mischief and a related misdemeanor. The records don’t list the name of his attorney.
A court document says Walp was driving the load from Reynolds, Nebraska, to Hanover, Kansas, on Aug. 8 when he exchanged texts with his boss. The document says that soon after Walp read that he’d been dismissed, he stopped the truck on Nebraska Highway 8 near Odell, got out and opened the grain trailer’s bottom hatch doors.
The document says Walp then drove down the highway, spilling out nearly 1,000 bushels of corn — nearly $3,100 worth.
MALVERN, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman was killed and two others were injured in a western Iowa collision.
The crash occurred around 4:50 p.m. Sunday, just north of Malvern on U.S. Highway 34. The Iowa State Patrol says a westbound car collided in the eastbound lane with an eastbound minivan.
The patrol says the minivan driver died in the crash. She was identified as 80-year-old Alice Campbell, of Hastings.
The car driver was identified as 55-year-old Patti Jipsen, of Elliott. Her passenger was identified as 53-year-old Barbara Irwin, of Charleston, Illinois. Both were flown to Omaha, Nebraska, hospitals for treatment.
The collision is being investigated.
WAHOO, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a light that blew over started a fire that heavily damaged the Wahoo State Bank building in downtown Wahoo.
Firefighters from several communities helped Wahoo firefighters battle the blaze Friday. No injuries were reported.
Wahoo Fire Chief Mark Meyer says someone making roof repairs had left a halogen light burning, and it started the fire after it was blown over by the chill wind.
Neighboring businesses also were damage by smoke and water.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Council Bluffs woman placed one of her 10-month-old son’s hands in a mug of coffee to prove to him that the coffee was hot.
Police say 36-year-old Rebecca Brahier is charged with willful injury and child endangerment. Jail records say she remained in custody Monday. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for her.
Police say Brahier was arrested Saturday after Jennie Edmundson Hospital officials reported their suspicions about the little boy’s hand and forearm injuries. Investigators were told the child tried to touch Brahier’s hot coffee several times before she placed one of his hands in the mug.
The child was taken to Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha for further treatment.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man accidentally shot his pregnant girlfriend at an apartment in Omaha.
The shooting was reported around 7:15 p.m. Sunday. Police say the man may have been trying to clean or unload the handgun when it went off.
The woman was hit in a leg and taken to Nebraska Medical Center.
