Jimmy Dean Davis, age 50 of North Platte, passed away Tuesday January 31, 2017 at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln. Cremation was chosen and services will be Saturday February 4, 2017, 1:00 p.m. at Riverside Baptist Church with Pastor Dwane Johnson officiating. Adams and Swanson Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.
Month: February 2017
North Platte Forecast-February 2
Today
A slight chance of snow before 11am, then a slight chance of snow after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. North wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 18. East southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 30. East wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. South southeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 25.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 44.
Tuesday Night
A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 33.
Chief says officers’ shooting of armed man was justified
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha police chief says the shooting of a man who’d shot an officer was justified.
Chief Todd Schmaderer (SHMAH’-dur) said in a news release Tuesday that the shooting by Officers Jill Schillerberg, who was wounded in her lower left leg, and Matthew Skradski was in direct response to the actions of 20-year-old Monroe Evans III.
Evans was hospitalized after Monday afternoon’s incident several blocks west of downtown Omaha.
The officers told members of an internal investigation that Evans matched the description of a man reported to have been looking in windows. They say he refused orders to take his hands out of his sweatshirt pockets and eventually pulled out a handgun and fired once, hitting Schillerberg. She fired back once and Skradski fired 11 times.
Midwest economic survey suggests more improvement in January
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Results from a monthly survey of business supply managers suggest economic conditions continue to improve in nine Midwest and Plains states.
The Mid-America Business Conditions Index report released Wednesday says the overall economic index for the region rose to 54.7 in January from 53.1 in December. It’s the highest figure since February 2015 and the third monthly increase in a row.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says the increases point to an improving regional manufacturing economy.
The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth in that factor. A score below that suggests decline.
The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
O’Neill man gets 75 years to life in prison for killing wife
O’NEILL, Neb. (AP) — A 38-year-old O’Neill man has been given 75 years to life in prison for killing his wife.
Court records say Eduardo Barajas Quintero was sentenced Monday. He’d pleaded no contest to a charge of second-degree murder.
Prosecutors say he fatally stabbed 37-year-old Guadalupe Verdin Quintero on Feb. 20. A Nebraska State Patrol investigator said in an arrest warrant affidavit that Eduardo Quintero told him that he stabbed his wife because he suspected she was having an affair with another man. Quintero said he used a different knife to cut his own wrists.
Investigators counted 34 stab wounds on the body of Guadalupe Quintero.
Cub Scouts leader imprisoned for sex assault on teen girl
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been imprisoned for sexually assaulting a teenage girl he met when he was a Cub Scouts den father.
40-year-old Matthew Towle was sentenced Tuesday to 13 to 25 years in prison. Towle had pleaded no contest to charges of sexual assault and pornography possession. He was credited with 340 days already served.
Lincoln police say Towle met the 15-year-old girl at a Cub Scouts summer camp in 2015. The two later exchanged sexual texts and Facebook messages. Under Nebraska law, people 19 and over cannot have sexual contact with people under 16.
Audit: Nebraska roads worker gave pavement bits for beer
ORD, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska roads supervisor has been fired after state auditors alleged he exchanged asphalt millings for beer.
Auditors shared the allegations of the unnamed employee with Nebraska Department of Roads officials in November. The employee was relieved of his position one month later.
Auditors claim the millings were saved from a 2016 resurfacing project on Nebraska 70, northeast of Ord.
Asphalt millings are normally used for filling worn road shoulders, or are recycled for new pavement.
According to a letter from the state auditor’s office, several people in the Ord area admitted to receiving the millings for their driveways in place of gravel. At least one person says the employee allegedly “received payments of beer in exchange.”
The newspaper was unable to reach Valley County prosecutor Brandon Hanson for comment on the potential for charges.
Barneston man said he shot son during struggle, sheriff says
BARNESTON, Neb. (AP) — Gage County authorities say a Barneston man has reported shooting his 25-year-old son during a struggle.
Sheriff Gus Gustafson said Wednesday that deputies sent Tuesday to check a disturbance found Julius Bruner with an abdominal wound. He was flown to a Lincoln hospital and was expected to survive.
Gustafson says Bruner’s 54-year-old father, Delbert Bruner, told deputies he’d sent his wife from the home and went to his bedroom to get away from his son, who he says was being aggressive.
Delbert Bruner reported that he feared he’d be injured, so he pointed a pistol at his son and told him to stop. He says his son continued to advance, so he grabbed one of his arms and the gun fired as they struggled.
Delbert Bruner was released after questioning.
Budget debate continues with no vote in Nebraska Legislature
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A proposal that would help balance the state’s finances in the current budget cycle has hit a roadblock in the Nebraska Legislature.
Senators continued to debate the measure on Wednesday but adjourned for the day without voting.
Some lawmakers argued against the cuts recommended by Gov. Pete Ricketts and the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee. Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha suggested lawmakers scrap the proposal and craft a new budget.
Nebraska faces a projected $895 million revenue shortfall in the upcoming two-year budget cycle. The bill under debate would address the current fiscal year’s shortfall by imposing across-the-board cuts, taking unspent money back from departments and making withdrawals from various cash funds.
Sen. John Stinner of Gering, the Appropriations Committee chairman, says the cuts were carefully reviewed by his committee.
Nebraska could expand program aimed at neglected children
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are looking to expand a pilot program that was designed to keep more neglected children with their families, as long as steps can be taken to keep them safe.
Two bills presented to a legislative committee on Wednesday would continue the state’s alternative response program, which is slated to end July 1.
The program in 57 counties is aimed at parents deemed a low risk to hurt their children. Many cases are tied to poverty or a parent’s workload, and can be addressed by providing food, transportation, temporary child care and other services.
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services CEO Courtney Phillips says the new process helps build trust between families and her agency.
Advocates say they support the concept but stress the need to maintain oversight.