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Parts of northern Nebraska report up to 8 inches of snow

snowstormLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Parts of northern and western Nebraska are seeing heavy snow in the season’s first storm.

The National Weather Service in Valley says parts of Knox County in northeast Nebraska had seen 6 to 8 inches of snow as of Friday morning.

Parts of western and central Nebraska saw snowfall totals of 6 inches. Snowfall was particularly heavy in Newport in Rock County and areas of Hooker County southwest of Mullen.

Ed Townsend, a weather service meteorologist in North Platte, says areas north of Valentine reported wind gusts of up to 43 mph, and Broken Bow experienced gusts of 49 mph. Overnight temperatures in northern Nebraska were expected to drop into the teens Friday night before rising into the mid-30s on Saturday.

St. Pat’s, Hershey well represented on C2-8 all-district football team

footballOffense (position – name, grade, school)
OL – Baylor Hellmuth, 12, Hershey
OL – Jason Davis, 12, Hershey
OL – Christopher Border, 12, St. Pat’s
OL – Taylor Long, 12, Valentine
OL – Jared Fulton, 12, Valentine
WR – Lane Knisley, 12, St. Pat’s
WR – McKade Smith, 12, Hershey
WR – Bryce Burry, 11, Bayard
WR – Logan O’Kief, 12, Valentine
RB – James Schroll, 11, St. Pat’s
RB – Jerrod Fedorchik, 12, Bridgeport
QB – Jordan Kelber, 11, Valentine
ATH – Austin Hartman, 12, Bridgeport
K – Gabe Vyzourek, 12, St. Pat’s

Defense (position – name, grade, school)
DL – Conor Wiggins, 12, Bridgeport
DL – Kooper Reece, 11, Valentine
DL – Bryan McGahan, 11, Hershey
DL – Steven Shields, 12, Valentine
DL – Cody Kirby, 11, Kimball
LB – DJ Stephen, 11, Valentine
LB – JD Barr, 12, Hershey
LB – Marce Vasquez, 11, Bridgeport
LB – Joe Ferrero, 12, Bayard
DB – Noah Eklund, 12, Valentine
DB – Aaron Allison, 12, St. Pat’s
DB – Easton Clark, 11, Hershey
ATH – Mitch McKibbin, 11, Bayard

Honorable Mention (name, grade, school)
Hudson Pearman, 12, Valentine
Dylan Lurz, 11, Valentine
Tyler Baird, 12, Bayard
Haden Scherbarth, 12, Bayard
Colton Clark, 12, Hershey
Monte McNeil, 12, Hershey
Logan Stahla, 12, Kimball
Jaden Withrow, 12, Kimball
Jayden Brosius, 11, St. Pat’s
Gary White III, 11, St. Pat’s
Joe Weibert, 12, Bridgeport
Kyle Kildow, 11, Bridgeport

North Platte Weather-November 18

Today
Areas of blowing snow before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a northwest wind 21 to 26 mph decreasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 8. West wind 3 to 8 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 20. South southeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 54.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 25.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.
Monday Night
A slight chance of rain showers before midnight, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between midnight and 1am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.
Tuesday
A chance of snow showers before 8am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 54.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 26.
Thanksgiving Day
Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.

Teen convicted of 2nd-degree murder for Omaha park shooting

Jamar Milton
Jamar Milton

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A teen has been convicted for his role in the 2015 killing of one man and the wounding of another in Omaha’s Miller Park.

A Douglas County jury found 19-year-old Jamar Milton guilty Thursday of second-degree murder, assault and a weapons count. Prosecutors say Milton and two other boys fatally shot 31-year-old Jamymell Ray and wounded Charles Fisher on June 29, 2015.

Milton was 17 at the time of the shootings, but he was prosecuted as an adult. Another teen, 16-year-old Shuntayvious Primes-Willis, was sentenced in July to 30-50 years in prison for his role. The other youth involved, now 13, is being treated at Boys Town in Omaha.

Police investigating whether Omaha sex assaults related

omaha-policeOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are looking into the possibility that three sex assaults around midtown Omaha could have been carried out by the same man.

Police say the first attack happened April 3, when a 26-year-old woman was grabbed from behind and groped under her clothes as she entered her apartment building at 37th and Jackson streets. The second took place two days later when a 20-year-old woman was grabbed and groped outside her Creighton University dorm.

The third attack also happened on the Creighton campus, when a 19-year-old woman reported being grabbed Nov. 5 outside her dorm.

Police are asking anyone with information to call CrimeStoppers.

McDonald’s says table service coming to US stores

mcdonaldsNEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s says it plans to offer table service across its U.S. stores to make the ordering process less stressful, but did not say when the overhaul will be complete.

The world’s biggest burger chain says about 500 of its more than 14,000 domestic stores have been testing table service and ordering kiosks for people who do not want to wait for the cashier. People in those stores order at the counter or kiosks, then sit and wait for an employee to bring them their food.

Early next year, McDonald’s says it will expand the offering in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

The push comes as McDonald’s tries to stage a comeback after losing customers in recent years, with executives conceding they failed to keep up with changing tastes.

1 of 6 wrongly convicted seeks to garnish wages of officials

gage-county-sheriffBEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — One of six people wrongly convicted of murder and awarded more than $28 million has asked authorities to garnish the wages and seize property of two law enforcement officials who helped convict him.

James Dean, one of the so-called Beatrice Six, filed a request late last week asking that the wages of Gage County Reserve Deputy Wayne Price and former Deputy Berdette Searcey be garnished. Dean also asked the U.S. Marshals Service to seize property from them.

A federal jury in July awarded $28.1 million to Dean and five others wrongly convicted of and imprisoned for the 1985 killing of Helen Wilson, of Beatrice.

Dean’s share of the award is $2.7 million.

Lincoln flag incident sparks school officials’ concerns

hemp-flagLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lincoln Public Schools superintendent has apologized after administrators asked some students not to fly American flags on their vehicles from holders they made in class due to worries about the potential for disagreements.

Several welding students at Career Academy had flown the flags for Veterans Day with the permission of Career Academy officials. The request was prompted by an incident Friday at Southeast Community College when someone removed one of the flags from a holder and placed it in the bed of an adjacent pickup.

The person who removed the flag hasn’t been identified.

Superintendent Steve Joel said Thursday officials respect the rights of students to display their flags and that the decision to ask students not to fly them was an error.

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Yutan man denied parole in wife’s beating death

Mark Schnabel (NE Dept. of Corrections Photo)
Mark Schnabel (NE Dept. of Corrections Photo)

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Yutan man sentenced to life in prison in the 1999 slaying his wife, a popular high school volleyball coach, has been denied parole.

Mark Schnabel was convicted of beating 40-year-old Sandy Schnabel, placing her under the wheel of the family minivan and setting the vehicle on fire. Authorities say Schnabel tried to stage her death as an accident.

Schnabel pleaded no contest to second-degree murder. He was denied parole Thursday.

Judge Mary Gilbride had intended to sentence Schnabel to life in prison without parole, but failed to include a minimum sentence in her order. Gilbride tried to amend her sentenced but the Nebraska Supreme Court rejected the attempt in 2000, making Schnabel eligible for parole after 10 years in prison.

The Nebraska Board of Parole didn’t grant Schnabel a hearing until this year.

Nebraska department paid $57M in fines over last 5 years

DHHSLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state agency has paid $57 million in fines and penalties to federal agencies over the last five years, but department officials say they’re taken steps to reduce the likelihood of future mistakes.

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services administrators told lawmakers Wednesday they have created a new review process, provided more training for staff and are working more closely with the federal government. The department could owe another $45 million, although that figure could change.

Some of the penalties were imposed because the state didn’t properly document how it used federal money. In other cases, the department changed how it calculated payments for developmental disability services without getting federal approval.

A department spokeswoman says some of the issues arose from audits dating as far back as 2003.

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