Month: December 2016
North Platte Weather-December 22
TodayPartly sunny, with a high near 45. Light and variable wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain, snow, and freezing drizzle before 8pm, then a slight chance of snow between 8pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. South southeast wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. South wind 6 to 11 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 16. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 46. South southeast wind 5 to 11 mph.
Saturday Night
A slight chance of sleet before 2am, then a slight chance of rain or freezing rain between 2am and 3am, then a slight chance of rain after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Christmas Day
A chance of rain before 5pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. Breezy.
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 32.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 13.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 39.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 19.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.
Fairbury police searching for missing woman, 82, with Alzheimer’s
UPDATE 12/21/16 9:30 p.m.
At approximately 1845 hours, the Fairbury Police Department was notified that Missing Adult Nyla Stanton has been located unharmed and is currently being reunited with family.
The Fairbury Police Department and the Stanton Family would like to thank everyone for their assistance in locating Nyla.
The Fairbury Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person who walked out of the Jefferson Community Health Center at approximately 1:30 P.M.
Police say 82-year-old Nyla Stanton is wearing a red top with black slacks, and was last seen driving a Black 2013 Cadillac XTS 4-Dr. Sedan License plate number 33B180. Police say they’ve attempted to use On-Star, which the vehicle is equipped with, but have been unsuccessful.
If you see the vehicle or Nyla Stanton, call 911 immediately.
The attached photo is from 2012, so Stanton may look slightly different.
‘Whatever’ claims title as most annoying word in US poll
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — A poll has found that the most annoying word or phrase used in casual conversation in America is “whatever.”
The Marist College poll released Wednesday indicates the word irritates 38 percent of Americans.
The pollsters offered up five options for most annoying word or phrase: “Whatever,” ”No offense, but,” ”Ya know, right,” ”I can’t even” and “huge.”
“No offense, but” is second with 20 percent. In third place is, “You know, right,” which is irksome to 14 percent of people, tied with “I can’t even.” ”Huge” grates on the nerves of 8 percent.
“Whatever” is losing some steam, though. Last year it topped the list at 43 percent.
Age matters. Among Americans under 30, “I can’t even” takes top honors.
The Dec. 1-9 survey of 1,005 adults has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
Nebraska investigating sex abuse of children in its care
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The state inspector general for child welfare is investigating child sexual abuse and exploitation of children in state-licensed facilities.
Julie Rogers announced Wednesday that her investigation will show whether the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is taking adequate precautions to prevent and respond to children in the state’s care being abused.
Rogers’ office has received 36 reports since July 2013 of state wards, youth placed in state-licensed facilities and youths adopted from the child welfare system subjected to sexual abuse or exploitation.
Rogers says she intends to identify areas for improvement and make recommendations on how the state can better protect children. Her recommendations will be made public in September.
Resident injured in explosion at home in northeast Nebraska
WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an 87-year-old man was injured by an explosion at his home south of Winnebago in northeast Nebraska.
Tony Pycha was found in the wreckage of his home Monday morning and was eventually taken to an Omaha hospital for treatment.
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office and fire investigators say a malfunctioning propane heater caused the blast and resulting fire.
Authorities release name of man killed in tractor blast
LINDSAY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a Humphrey man who was killed when a tractor engine exploded.
The Platte County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 30-year-old Jeffrey Jarecki. He was pronounced dead at the scene on a farm outside Lindsay.
Sheriff’ Ed Wemhoff says Jarecki was working on the tractor in a machine shed when the engine blew up around 9:30 a.m. Monday.
Council OKs plan aimed at drawing more conventions to Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha City Council has approved the creation of a nonprofit to give subsidies to groups that bring convention business to town.
The council voted 7-0 Tuesday to approve a resolution that allows the creation of the nonprofit.
Council members say they were satisfied by answers to questions raised about transparency mechanisms. The questions had forced postponement of a vote earlier this month.
Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Keith Backsen says the nonprofit won’t have to release detailed information about how much Omaha gives to groups that bring conventions to Douglas County. Backsen says releasing that information gives other cities a competitive advantage. He also says the nonprofit will be able to move quicker than the City Council in approving subsidies to secure conventions.
U of Nebraska-Lincoln reports computer security breach
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has warned thousands of current and former students about a computer security breach.
Campus officials said Tuesday in a letter to about 30,000 people that the breach potentially exposed thousands of student names, ID numbers and grades to an outside source. Officials say no Social Security numbers, credit card information or other personal data was stored on the computer server, which has been shut down.
The breach occurred sometime in the past two years. University spokesman Steve Smith says the source of the server breach isn’t known. A routine scan of the server during a system update uncovered the breach.
The letter to the students says the university has no evidence “that anyone has used this information for illegal or malicious activity.”
