LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police say a security guard accidentally shot himself at a north Lincoln gun range.
The 34-year-old man, who works for Kansas City, Missouri-based security guard firm VT-SGI, was target shooting at Thunder Alley on Tuesday morning before the accident.
Lincoln Police Capt. Jeri Roeder says that when the man went to put his gun in holster, it went off, hitting him in the upper right leg.
Police say the man’s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Melvin F. Effenbeck, 77, of Maxwell, passed away January 29, 2018, at Great Plains Health.
Melvin was born at home in Bignell, Ne. on September 8, 1940 to Martin and Florence (Tibbetts) Effenbeck. He grew up and attended schools in Bignell and Maxwell, graduating from Maxwell High School as Class Salutatorian. He then graduated from Kearney State College with a degree in mathematics.
He served three years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict, stationed at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. After the army, he worked a few years in Denver and Boulder, Co. He then returned to Maxwell and was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad, where he worked until his retirement. Melvin enjoyed tending his yard, flower beds, occasional research on family genealogy and some numismatics.
Melvin was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his brother, Marion (Donna) Effenbeck; nephew, Steve (Alnetta) Effenbeck; aunts, Mary Seeley of Milwaukie, OR, Florence Meredith of Gothenburg and Lila Effenbeck of North Platte and several cousins.
Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, February 2, 2018 at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery, near Maxwell. Visitation with family receiving friends will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, at Carpenter Memorial Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to The Maxwell Veterans Memorial Fund, Maxwell High School Scholarship Fund or to the donor’s choice. Lunch will follow served by the Maxwell American Legion Auxiliary at the Maxwell City Hall. Condolences may be sent to 2221 Cedarberry Lane, North Platte, Ne 69101. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in care of arrangements.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lincoln City Council has approved a downtown redevelopment project that will include parking, retail, office space and apartments.
The council voted Monday evening for the $85 million City Centre proposal. A New York-based developer, Newman Development Group, will build on property now occupied by the Journal Star. Although the land is near the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the 238 apartments will not be aimed at students.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police have arrested two men suspected of killing a Lincoln man reported missing by his family.
One was booked into Lancaster County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder. The other was booked on suspicion of aiding and abetting murder. Court records don’t show that they’ve been formally charged. Police say the two have been in custody since Jan. 12 on drug charges.
Police say the two are suspected in the disappearance and slaying of 35-year-old Phillip Madlock. His family reported him missing July 10.
Investigators say the two men had been looking to collect a drug debt from Madlock. Investigators think he was killed in Lincoln and his body dumped outside Lancaster County.
Police Capt. Danny Reitan declined to say Tuesday whether the body’s been found.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former Nebraska state senator has filed election papers seeking to reclaim his old seat.
Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha announced Tuesday that he has formally entered the race to represent District 12 in the Legislature. Lathrop is looking to return after a four-year hiatus. He served as a state senator from 2007 until 2015, when term limits forced him to leave office.
Lathrop is running against incumbent state Sen. Merv Riepe, who is seeking re-election. Riepe is a Republican in the officially nonpartisan race. Lathrop is a registered Democrat.
Lathrop, an attorney, played a major role in several legislative investigations during his tenure, and oversaw changes to the once-problem-plagued Beatrice State Developmental Center. He also led some of the early investigations into the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A woman faces an additional charge in the April strangulation of a man on an American Indian reservation in Nebraska.
39-year-old Natasha Wolfe, of Winnebago, has been charged in a Jan. 19 federal indictment with aiding and abetting second-degree murder in the April 23 death of 32-year-old William Redhorn Jr. She was previously charged with being an accessory after the fact — a charge that still stands.
She’s accused of kicking Redhorn once during his fatal fight with her son and another man. Authorities say that after the fight, Wolfe let 19-year-old Jeremiah Wolfe and 21-year-old Lawrencia Merrick go to her house and wash their bloody clothes.
Authorities say Jeremiah Wolfe put Redhorn in a headlock until he quit struggling. Jeremiah Wolfe and Merrick have pleaded not guilty to federal charges of second-degree murder.
All three are scheduled to stand trial on March 5.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is building a new $550 million rail yard in Texas to help sort the growing number of freight cars it is hauling into trains.
The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad says the new Brazos rail yard under construction about 125 miles (201.16 kilometers) south of Dallas, Texas will be able to switch up to 1,300 rail cars per day.
The project is designed to help Union Pacific handle future growth in freight traffic on the railroad.
The new rail yard will be built near where seven Union Pacific rail lines converge. That makes it an ideal point to build the yard, which will break apart trains that come into the facility and reassemble cars into new trains headed to their destinations.
The project is expected to be completed in 2020.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An education official from Philadelphia will become the new superintendent of Omaha schools, the state’s largest district with about 52,000 students.
The Board of Education selected Cheryl Logan as the district’s superintendent at a special meeting Tuesday night.
Logan will come to Omaha from Philadelphia, where she works as the chief academic officer and is responsible for academic achievement for the school district’s 135,000 students. Before working in Philadelphia, Logan worked as a principal and teacher in Maryland.
She was chosen from 74 candidates who applied for the position. The other finalist was Harrison Peters, deputy superintendent of Hillsborough County Schools in Tampa, Florida.
The 55-year-old Logan will replace Mark Evans, who is retiring after about five years as superintendent.
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Eldie Cline, a 48 year old male reported missing to the North Platte Police Department, has been located. This morning, Garden County authorities were notified of a vehicle found in a ravine. The vehicle turned out to be the 1998 Volkswagen owned by Mr. Cline. The vehicle had left a nearby roadway and came to rest in a ravine. Mr. Cline’s body was recovered at the scene. An investigation is being conducted by the Garden County Sheriff’s Office.
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North Platte police are asking for the public’s help in locating a North Platte man who hasn’t been seen or heard from in over a week.
On January 15, police took a missing report involving 48-year-old Eldie Cline.
Investigator John Deal says Cline’s family members reported that he left his residence on the 15th and has not returned or contacted family members.
Cline is believed to be driving a blue 1998 Volkwagon Beetle bearing Nebraska license plate 15-C986.
Cline is 5’6″ with brown hair and brown eyes.
If you have any information on Cline’s whereabouts, contact the North Platte Police Department at 308-535-6789.
