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Grant to fund training for counselors in underserved areas

Medical-ChartOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal grant will fund internship training for 21 counselors to expand behavioral health services in underserved areas of Nebraska.

The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska and the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center were recently awarded a $300,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration.

The one-year grant will support stipends for 21 counseling interns from graduate counseling programs at the schools participating in the Nebraska Counseling Internship Collaborative. Those schools include Chadron State College, University of Nebraska at Kearney, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Wayne State College.

Training will focus on child and adolescent behavioral health needs to address the gap of children-adolescent behavioral health providers in underserved areas.

“Doctor Strange” spins magic at re-energized box office

box-officeLOS ANGELES (AP) — A strong batch of new films drew audiences to the theaters in large numbers this weekend, including Marvel’s “Doctor Strange,” the animated “Trolls” and Mel Gibson’s WWII drama “Hacksaw Ridge,” effectively waking up the sleepy fall box office.

As the superhero in the bunch, “Doctor Strange” easily dominated with $85 million in North America theaters according to studio estimates Sunday. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the neurosurgeon turned sorcerer, “Doctor Strange” opened internationally last weekend.

“Trolls,” an animated musical featuring the voices of Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, took second place with $45.6 million.

And in third place, “Hacksaw Ridge,” about the true story of Desmond Doss’s heroics during the battle of Okinawa, earned $14.8 million. The independently financed film cost a reported $40 million to make.

Omaha police say 1 man found injured dies at hospital

omaha-policeOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are investigating a north Omaha homicide.

Police say in a brief news release that officers were called to a north Omaha address around 4:30 a.m. Saturday for a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found 34-year-old Terrell Loyd suffering from injuries. Police say Loyd was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he died.

No other details about the death have been released, and no arrests have been reported.

Teen killed in crash of car, pickup north of Omaha

fatal-crashOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials say a teenager had been drinking and ran a red light when her car slammed into a pickup just north of Omaha, killing another teen who was in the car’s back seat.

The crash happened Friday night just blocks north of Northwest High School.

The Douglass County Sheriff’s Office says an 18-year-old man died in the crash. Deputies say a man in the front passenger seat of the car was flown to an Omaha hospital in critical condition. The 18-year-old driver was also taken to a hospital in serious condition.

The driver of the pickup and a 12-year-old passenger in the truck were not injured.

The names of those involved had not been released by midday Saturday.

2 charged in death of Emerson man whose arm, leg were found in trunk

DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Two men have been charged with first-degree murder for the death of an Emerson man whose severed arm and leg were found in the trunk of a car in northeastern Nebraska.

25-year-old Andres Surber and 18-year-old Misael Galvan-Hernandez were charged Friday in the death of 41-year-old Kraig Kubik.

Authorities believe Surber and Galvan-Hernandez went to Kubik’s trailer home on Tuesday demanding he turn over a car that had once belonged to Surber. The next day, officials said they found a large amount of blood in Kubik’s yard.

Investigators say they found bloody clothing and a key to a Chevrolet Impala at Galvan-Hernandez’s home in Wakefield. Officials later found the Impala on property owned by Suber’s family in Dixon County, and Kubik’s remains in its trunk.

Man acquitted of kidnapping, assaulting Iowa girl

ne-supreme-court-gavelCOUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A jury has acquitted a Haitian immigrant of kidnapping and sex abuse of an underage girl.

Fednol St. Cyr was found not guilty of the count Friday evening. It took the jury less than two hours to acquit him of the charges.

St. Cyr had faced life in prison on the kidnapping charge alone. Prosecutors had said St. Cyr ordered the girl into his truck on April 5, refused to let her get out and sexually assaulted her.

St. Cyr’s defense attorney, James Martin Davis of Omaha, Nebraska, had said Cyr sought to help the girl when he picked her up because he thought she was in distress. Davis painted the girl as a troubled teen whose testimony was inconsistent and unreliable.

UNO drops homecoming king, queen titles in favor of ‘royals’

unoOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska at Omaha has named its royal homecoming pair, but don’t call them king and queen.

The school has joined a growing number of other schools around the country that are moving to gender-neutral homecoming courts to be more inclusive of transgender students.

UNO administrators supported the change to dub homecoming winners as “royals.”

UNO Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Dan Shipp says it’s vital UNO demonstrate that it is inclusive and safe for all students. Shipp says the homecoming initiative shows prospective and current students that the university genuinely cares about people of all kinds.

This year’s royals, named Friday night, are Sapphire Andersen, a senior from Aurora, and Nick Rieschl, a senior from Omaha.

Time to set clocks back an hour

timeOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraskans and Iowans are being reminded to set their clocks back an hour before going to bed Saturday.

Standard time returns this weekend at 2 a.m. Sunday.

The change means most Americans will get an extra hour of rest, but those working overnight shifts might toil an hour longer. It also means some will forget to change their clocks, and show up early for church or other events on Sunday.

Daylight time returns to Nebraska and Iowa in March.

Not everyone in the United States makes the switch from standard time. The exceptions are Hawaii, most of Arizona, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

Lincoln County Marriage Licenses (Week of October 31, 2016)

marriage-licenses

  • Martin Leroy Bomberger, 78, North Platte and Vagene Edgington, 67, North Platte

 

  • James Arthur Robinson, 34, North Platte and Stephanie Ann Gutherless, 33, North Platte

 

  • Bruce Lee Fromme, 37, North Platte and Lindsey Renae Pankonin, 38, North Platte

 

  • Randy Lee Slaba, 27, North Platte and Lisa Danyielle Dame, 28, Iowa Park TX

 

  • Gage Michael Dike, 20, North Platte and Ashley Jo Henkel, 25, North Platte

 

  • Charles Ronald Gill Jr, 32, North Platte and Leva Janeen Miller, 42, North Platte

 

  • Dustin Scott Daniel, 22, North Platte and Samantha Zoe Miller, 21, North Platte

Nebraska Attorney General: State can’t loan money to county

Doug Peterson
Attorney General Doug Peterson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office has issued an opinion saying the state cannot loan money to Gage County so it can pay off a $28 million civil judgment for the wrongful conviction of six people for a 1985 murder.

The attorney general said Friday that because the damages were awarded under federal law, the Nebraska State Treasurer could not loan the county money.

State Treasurer Don Stenberg had sought the legal opinion in the case of the so-called Beatrice Six. The six sued Gage County for violating their civil rights. Together, they spent a combined 77 years in prison in the rape and killing of Helen Wilson before they were exonerated by DNA evidence.

A jury awarded $28.1 million, plus attorneys’ fees, to the six people in July.

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