Norma L. (Applegate) Huxoll, 92, of North Platte, passed away November 19, 2017, at Great Plains Health. She was born on April 1, 1925 to Walter and Lilly (Lockridge) Applegate in Gibbon, Nebraska. She graduated from Gibbon High School in 1945, she was Valedictorian of her class. On November 11, 1955, she married Robert Huxoll in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Norma spent most of her career as a legal secretary in North Platte. She was the last of her immediate family of five brothers and a sister. She will be buried at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery next to her husband in a private family graveside service. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in care of arrangements.
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Antonio “Tony” Torres Sr.
Antonio “Tony” Torres Sr., 79, of North Platte passed away, and went to see the Lord on November 17, 2017 at MaDonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln. He was born on September 5, 1938 to Jess and Estefana Torres in Ogallala.
Tony worked for the Union Pacific Railroad as a carman for 30 plus years. A very big passion of Tony’s was the rental property in North Platte that he owned which he used to help the needy, and the love of his corvette cars.
From his previous marriage to Josie Torres he had three children, Mona Torres, Tony Jr., and Shirley. Then had one more child, Sara. Tony has numerous grandchildren, San, Blake, and Lesie, Lauren, Cisar, and six from Sarah Silos from Craig, CO.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jess & Estefana Torres from Ogallala; brothers, Bivien, Frank, Narciso; and a sister, Carol West.
Survivors include his children; grandchildren; siblings, Joe (Sandy) Torres of Milford, OR, Angie (Ben) Torres, Delores (Pete) Torres all of North Platte, Mary Lupe (Don) Holden of Sterling, CO, Marcia Jimenez of Ogallala, NE, Molly Cross of North Platte, Rosie (Jim) Meekler of Sterling, CO, and Alice (Steve) Stites of Hershey.
Christian Wake Service will be held 7:00 p.m. today, November 21, 2017 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with the Reverend Josh Brown as celebrant. Burial will be in the Ogallala Cemetery. Visitation will be noon – 5:00 p.m. today at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.
3 Lincoln County businesses sell alcohol to minors
During the evening hours of Friday, November 17, Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol conducted alcohol inspections in Lincoln County.
The project was supported in whole or part by Grant #93.959 under the SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Region II Human Services, and the Nebraska DHHS Division of Behavioral Health.
A total of 17 businesses were checked, with three selling alcohol to a minor for a non-compliance rate of 18%. Two of the businesses failed to check the minor’s ID. The businesses included convenience stores, restaurants, liquor stores, and grocery stores.
The businesses that sold alcohol to a minor were:
Brady Get-N-Go – Brady
Casey’s General Store #1759 – North Platte
R & C Petroleum – North Platte
Businesses that fail the inspections are referred to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission and the clerks are cited for Procuring Alcohol for a Minor.
This operation was done in conjunction with a selective enforcement by Troop D – North Platte. That enforcement resulted in citations or warnings for: Speeding (5), Possession of Marijuana – less than one ounce (1), Driving Under Suspension (1), No Registration (2), and Light Violation (1).
Gym peeper gets 18 months in jail, 5 years of probation
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of spying on nude women at a Lincoln fitness gym and making videos has been sent to jail.
Court records say 29-year-old Jade Hawklen was sentenced Monday to 18 months behind bars and was given five years of probation. He’d pleaded no contest to three counts of unlawful intrusion and one of attempted unlawful intrusion.
Hawklen told police he used to work at the gym and used a key he’d acquired to access a room that contained a light therapy machine.
Ikea again announces dresser recall after death of 8th child
NEW YORK (AP) — Ikea has relaunched the recall of 29 million chests and dressers following the death of an eighth child.
CEO Lars Petersson said the company wants to increase awareness of the recall for several types of chest and dressers that can easily tip over if not anchored to a wall.
The death of a California toddler, who was found trapped underneath an Ikea Malm dresser in May, has raised questions about whether Ikea has effectively spread the word about the recall, which was first announced in June 2016.
Petersson said Ikea has had an “extensive communication” campaign through social media and its website. The Swedish company emailed 13 million people about the recall two months ago, he said.
Omaha VA official acknowledges longtime use of waiting lists
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials have acknowledged that secret waiting lists for psychotherapy appointments at Omaha’s U.S. Veterans Affairs Department hospital were used far longer than previously reported.
A VA investigation dated Sept. 30, 2015, says the lists were used as far back as 2006 and were still used after the VA prohibited them in 2010 and after a 2014 scandal that eventually showed chronic delays, false paperwork and secret lists at VA hospitals across the nation.
The World-Herald reported last month the discovery of a separate, unauthorized Omaha list earlier this year.
VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System Director Don Burman told the newspaper the VA made changes after the 2015 investigation. But he says some problems weren’t fixed properly, allowing use of a waiting list to recur.
Parolee charged with killing second Iowa man after release
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say an Iowa parolee charged with killing a cab driver in June is also responsible for the April shooting death of a bail bondsman.
Police said Monday that Curtis Jones is charged in the death of 34-year-old Jonathan Wieseler, who was shot during a robbery at his Iowa City office.
Jones has been in custody awaiting trial in the death of 46-year-old Ricky Lillie, who police say was robbed and shot after giving Jones a ride.
Authorities said charges in Wieseler’s death were filed after testing uncovered the victim’s DNA on evidence seized from a vehicle Jones was driving.
The Iowa Board of Parole released Jones from prison years early in November 2016 in an armed robbery case, even though he’d been deemed a high risk to reoffend.
Attorney: Video contradicts Kansas shooting police account
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The widow of a Kansas man killed last month by an undersheriff has asked a court to release video and audio recordings that her attorney says show her husband was unarmed and trying to obey instructions when he was shot.
Attorney Michael Kuckelman says recordings he viewed are troubling and the public has a right to see them.
He told The Associated Press on Thursday that the video captures the Barber County sheriff telling the undersheriff minutes before Steven Myers was shot with a bean bag round on Oct. 6 that with “a little luck and he’ll just pass out and die.”
The sheriff disabled his body camera after the shooting and instructed a deputy to disable his camera. The sheriff’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
After refusing to stop, Omaha bus driver says man beats him
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha bus driver says a man punched him after he refused to stop to pick him up.
Police were called Friday afternoon to a downtown intersection after the driver didn’t answer his radio. Officers found the bus with the driver sitting outside, complaining of dizziness and nursing a cut to his nose.
The 59-year-old driver told officers a man tried to wave him down but it wasn’t a posted bus stop so he kept driving. About 20 minutes later, the same man got on the bus and punched the driver several times in the face before running away.
The driver was treated by paramedics.
Man pleads no contest to charges in Lake Maloney boating accident
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of causing a boating accident that severely injured his granddaughter at western Nebraska’s Lake Maloney has pleaded no contest to drunken boating and negligent child abuse.
The North Platte Telegraph reports that 53-year-old Doug Haney, of North Platte, changed his plea Monday as part of a deal with prosecutors.
He was sentenced to two years of probation, and he will spend two days in jail on his victims’ birthdays.
Prosecutors say Haney was pulling his 9-year-old granddaughter and another girl on a tube when the boat turned sharply and the girls were thrown on the rocky shoreline. The other girl suffered minor injuries.
Since the June 12 incident, Haney has completed alcohol rehabilitation, but he lost his job and remains unemployed.