ODESSA, Neb. (AP) — Law enforcement officials in south-central Nebraska say one person has died in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 80.
The crash happened around 2 p.m. Thursday between Odessa and Elm Creek.
A Buffalo county sheriff’s spokesman confirmed that one person had been killed in the crash. Officials have not released details of the crash or the person’s name pending notification of family members.
Officials say at least one other person was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s roads and aeronautics agencies are formally merging into a new state Department of Transportation.
Gov. Pete Ricketts unveiled the new agency’s name and logo Thursday outside the building that has served as the Department of Roads’ main headquarters.
Nebraska had been the nation’s only state without a Department of Transportation. Ricketts says combining the agencies will allow the state to streamline many of its services for roads, runways and other transportation infrastructure.
Kyle Schneweis, the agency’s director, says the change will save approximately $100,000 in administrative costs, and he expects the savings to increase over time.
The merger officially goes into effect on Saturday, the start of the new fiscal year.
North Platte – Ten of the 2016-17 North Platte Community College Lady Knights volleyball team were named to the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Academic Team.
The first team is those students who have achieved a 4.0 Grade Point Average. Antonya Shaffert from Otis, Colo., Ashley Starr from Tryon, Jessica Lovitt from Mullen, MaKenna Ketter from Imperial, Megan Chintala from Fleming, Colo., Mikenna Curlee from Peetz, Colo., and Shelby Wolever from Brush, Colo.,were all named to the First Team. Lovitt also played for the Lady Knights basketball team.
On the second team, which is a GPA from 3.80 to 3.99, is Jessica Eckhout from Amherst.
The Third Team, which is a GPA from 3.60 to 3.79, includes Aly Camacho from Scottsbluff and Cheyenne Kuhlmann from Imperial.
George Charles Wetzel, 81, of Corvallis, Oregon, formerly of Curtis, died Jan. 26, 2017, at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 30, at the United Methodist Church, Curtis. Memorials are suggested to the Curtis Public Library. Blase-Wetzel-Strauser Memorial Chapel, Curtis, is in charge of arrangements.
Clarence W. Ogier, 77, of Wallace, passed away June 26, 2017 at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln.
He was born May 18, 1940 to Edward C. and Luella (Miller) Ogier at North Platte. He graduated from Wallace High School with the class of “58”. Clarence was employed by Kenneth Bartmess until his service in the United States Army. After returning to Wallace from the service, he farmed and ranched and on March 22, 1969 he married Kandy Bartmess. After her passing, he was united in marriage on December 26, 1981, to Vicki Tobiasson at Centennial, WY. Clarence was a pilot and loved to fly and also in his cars (fast). He was a member of the Wallace United Methodist Church and the Wallace Legion.
He is survived by his wife, Vicki; a son, Kenneth (Tiffany) Ogier all of Wallace; grandchildren, Shelby and Nathan; a sister, Carol Gardner of Thornton, CO; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Kandy; and a brother, Clayton.
Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, 2017 at Carpenter Memorial Chapel with Chaplain Richard Karr officiating. Burial will follow at the Morningview Cemetery at Wallace. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Carpenter Memorial Chapel, which is in care of arrangements.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 19-year-old woman has been imprisoned for causing a fatal crash while driving drunk last November in Douglas County.
Online court records say Emily Standley was sentenced Tuesday to five to seven years in prison. She’d pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide. The judge credited her for seven days served in custody and revoked her driver’s license for 15 years.
Investigators say Standley was driving Nov. 4 when she ran a red light just north of Omaha and was hit by a pickup. The crash killed 18-year-old Jason Hald, who was a passenger in Standley’s car.
Investigators say Standley’s blood alcohol content was 0.113 — well over the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
SCHUYLER, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 33-year-old man who was fatally shot at a motel in eastern Nebraska.
Officers sent to the Schuyler Inn in Schuyler early Tuesday morning found the man suffering from several gunshot wounds. Police say he was pronounced dead later at a hospital.
The Colfax County attorney’s office identified him as Janner Ramon Torres Diaz. Officials say the man had worked at the local Cargill plant and had lived at the motel for a few months.
No arrests have been reported in the homicide investigation.
AUBURN, Neb. (AP) — A southeast Nebraska judge has sentenced a former director of a nonprofit organization to jail and probation for stealing from the organization.
Nemaha County Judge Curtis Maschman gave Dawn Parriott 21 days in jail and 24 months of probation at her sentencing Tuesday in Auburn. The 46-year-old Peru resident had pleaded no contest to three misdemeanor theft counts.
Parriott also was ordered to make restitution.
A state audit showed documentation may have been falsified for nearly $8,900 in travel reimbursements for Parriott as director of Project Response. The Auburn-based agency’s mission: help the homeless and victims of sexual and domestic abuse.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two Lincoln police officers investigated for steroids say in their federal civil rights lawsuit that their fellow officers subjected them to unlawful policing.
Officers Tim Cronin and Josh Fullerton weren’t charged or punished in the criminal and internal investigations that started in the fall of 2015.
Attorney Douglas Philips alleged in the lawsuit filed Monday that the officers were subjected to unlawful arrest and illegally denied access to their attorney. He also said their property was unlawfully searched.
The lawsuit names current narcotics unit Capt. Chris Peterson, former Chief Jim Peschong, Assistant Chief Brian Jackson, several officers and the department’s lawyer as defendants in the case.
Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister says department officials are evaluating the officers’ claims and working with the city attorney’s office to review previously completed internal investigations.
ARNOLD, Neb. (AP) — Storms that raced through Nebraska damaged buildings, toppled trees and knocked out power in several areas.
The National Weather Service says gusts reaching a reported 100 mph Tuesday night blew apart an outbuilding near Arnold in central Nebraska and damaged others. Golf ball-size hail was reported 12 miles (20 kilometers) north-northwest of Rushville in the Panhandle.
Power lines were reported down in several communities, many because of falling trees and limbs.
No injuries have been reported.
