KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — An autopsy has been scheduled for a body found in a canal in Kearney.
The autopsy is scheduled Friday. Authorities have not released additional information.
The Kearney Police Department says it received a report Thursday morning about a dead body along Kearney Canal. Kayakers discovered the remains.
A dive team later removed the body. Authorities say no cause of death or identification has been made.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a 21-year-old man has been injured after his car collided with a train.
The Omaha Police Department says the crash happened Thursday night near a southwest area of the city.
Authorities say the man trespassed onto property and his pickup truck was on the shoulder of the train tracks when the vehicle was hit.
The train, which is owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, was able to slow down before impact with the truck.
The man, whose name was not released, has been accused of being combative when paramedics treated him at the scene. He has been sent to a hospital for his injuries and faces charges.
FALLS CITY, Neb. (AP) — A former sheriff’s deputy in Nebraska who accidentally shot himself in 2014 has been found not guilty of child abuse charges.
A jury on Oct. 21 found 28-year-old Joshua Nincehelser not guilty of three felony child abuse charges. He had been accused of sexually assaulting a girl younger than 12.
Nincehelser was a Richardson County Sheriff’s deputy in 2014 when he reported he was shot by a driver he had pulled over near Humboldt. Authorities determined he lied and Nincehelser later told investigators he’d accidentally shot himself and shot at his cruiser to make his story look real.
Nincehelser was sentenced in 2015 to three years of probation and 180 days of community service for felony criminal mischief and misdemeanor false reporting.
A rural Lincoln County father and son are facing charges after a domestic violence investigation led to the discovery of explosives in their home.
On Friday, investigators with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office spoke to a female victim who alleged that her live-in boyfriend, 43-year-old Michael Jara, had assaulted her and her two-year-old daughter.
Additionally, the victim stated that Jara had threatened to shoot her and her children and blow up their house.
Deputies made contact with Jara at his residence and placed him and his 20-year-old son, Michael Jara, Jr., in custody.
A search of their residence led to the discovery of at least four large pipe bombs, a shotgun, and suspected methamphetamine.
According to Chief Deputy Roland Kramer, a Nebraska State Patrol Bomb Specialist was called to the scene and was able to remove all but one device that was determined to be too unstable. That device was destroyed at the residence.
In the end, the Jaras were both placed under arrest and transported to the Lincoln County Jail. The elder Jara was charged with felony 1st-degree domestic assault, felony possession of an explosive device and child abuse.
Michael Jara, Jr., was charged with felony possession of an explosive device.
Kramer says additional charges my be filed.
Billy Vern Black, age 81 of North Platte, passed away at his home on Thursday October 27, 2016.
Billy was born on August 11, 1935 in Atkinson, NE to William “Red” and LaVerne (Lange) Black. He attended school through the 8th grade in Brownlee. He worked as a ranch hand and was a rodeo bull rider on the weekends. He was drafted in to the army in 1959, serving in Germany. After his honorable discharge he returned to ranching and rodeo. He later worked as a construction worker for Dobson Brothers Construction in Lincoln. He married Patricia Fisk in 1970 and to this union two children were born, Brenda and Wyatt. He then moved to North Platte and worked for Central Nebraska Packing as a welder. He retired at 62 and spent his time on his acreage. He enjoyed his horses and the outdoors. His later years were dedicated to his grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by his loving family.
Billy is survived by his children Brenda (Carolyn) Black of Virginia and Wyatt (Amy) Black of North Platte; 4 grandchildren Karli Black of South Dakota, Adriana, Bo and Mallory Black all of North Platte; 1 sister Niki (Chuck) Hanthorn of Wellfleet; 2 brothers Bob (Elaine) Black and Dick (Donna) Black all of North Platte; as well as several nieces, nephews and other family members.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials are suggested to Osgood Elementary School for playground equipment and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com. Services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday November 2, 2016 at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home with Pastor Eric Svoboda officiating. Burial will follow at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation will be from noon until 9:00 p.m. Tuesday November 1, 2016 with family receiving friends from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.
Bea Wenkheimer died peacefully at Linden Court on October 23, 2016. She was 92.
Bea was born January 11, 1924 in Hyannis, Nebraska. She was the third daughter of Benjamin and Ruth (Green) Weber. Until she was four, the family lived on a Kinkaid homestead about 15 miles South East of Whitman, Nebraska, where her parents ran the Spring Valley Hunting Club. In 1928, the family left the homestead and moved to North Platte. When Bea was 16, she and her mother moved first to Los Angeles and eventually to Dallas, Oregon. In January of 1942, Bea’s mother, Ruth, married Bob Moran formerly of the Hyannis-Whitman area. They moved, with Bea, to Bob’s small ranch in south central Wyoming near the town of Savery, Wyoming. Bea finished her senior year at nearby Dixon High School and graduated in May 1942, the only girl in a class of five. In 1943, Bea married Wendell Monroe, a soldier stationed at Lowry Army Air Base in Denver. In 1944, their son, Dan, was born and their daughter, Marilyn (Lynne) in 1949. The family made their home in Denver and were active members of Calvary Baptist Church and participated in other community activities like Boy and Girl Scouts. They spent summers camping, hiking and exploring the Colorado mountains, and winters ice skating with friends. In 1963, Bea separated from Wendell, and she and Lynne moved to Greeley, Colorado where she attended Colorado State College. Bea graduated in May 1966 with degrees in Elementary Education and Art. She taught the following school year in the nearby town of Gilcrest, Colorado. In 1967 she moved to Littleton, Colorado where she taught 5th grade at North Elementary for the next 10 years. In July of 1968, Bea married Cecil Wenkheimer. They lived in the metro Denver area until Cecil’s death in 1997. They loved camping, rockhounding, fishing, antiquing, crafting, entertaining, traveling, gardening and most of all, spending time with family and friends. In 1994, they jointly bought a house with daughter Lynne in Arvada, Colorado where Bea continued to live after Cecil’s death until moving to North Platte in 2010. She had been a resident of Linden Court for five years and was loved and treasured by the staff and other residents.
Bea’s granddaughter, Wendy Ringie, recently wrote of her Grandma:
“Bea was a force of nature….It is no hyperbole to say that everyone who met her grew to love her. In many ways, she and Papa Cecil were my other parents. We lived in the same house from when I was 11 until she moved to Linden Court when I was 28. To say I was close to her would be a vast understatement. She encouraged my curiosity, my love of stories, and my creativity – generally by example. She adored travel, art (she was a watercolorist and a talented crafter) history, nature and science (she was a birder and rockhound), cooking, orderliness (which I did not appreciate until I was out of my teens), and had literally the greenest thumb of anyone I knew, including Papa Cecil who had a degree in horticulture. She was a warm hostess and I learned a lot about party planning and how to make others feel welcome in my home from her. Mom and I are the women we are today because of her.”
Bea is survived by her son, Dan (Catherine) Monroe of Wenham, Massachusetts and her daughter, Lynne Ginther, of North Platte. Bea had three grandchildren: Daniel T. Monroe of Seattle, Washington, Robert (Tara) Monroe of Vancouver, Washington, and Wendy (Colin) Ringie of Lakewood, Colorado. Bea also had five great-grandchildren:
Daniel and Adrienne Monroe of Seattle, Washington, and Zachery, Trevor, and Robyn Monroe of Vancouver, Washington. She is also survived by too many nephews and nieces, both related and ‘adopted’, to count. She was the universal ‘grandma’ and ‘aunt’ and her spirit, smile and kindness will be missed by all that knew her.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father and step-father; her husband Cecil; and sisters Dorothy Widstrand and Nellie Lanig.
Memorials are suggested in her name and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com. Cremation was chosen and services will be held at a later date. Anyone wishing information on her services, please contact her daughter Lynne at 308-520-9966. Adams and Swanson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Charles D. Dyke, 74, of North Platte, passed away October 26, 2016 at Linden Court. He was born on December 31, 1941 to Charles and Doris (Bone) Dyke in Callaway, Nebraska. Charles enjoyed playing the bass fiddle in a band for a number of years. He was a very honorable and dedicated family man and worked extremely hard all his life. His life revolved around his family and he was the world to them. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles; his mother, Doris Hagadorn; stepfather, Paul Hagadorn; his wife, Mary, two brothers, Dennis and Jim; great grandchildren, Alexandria and Xane. He is survived by daughters, Rose (Bill) Weston and Suzanne (David) Winfield; grandkids, Adam McCracken and fiancé, Whitney Weinmen; April McCracken and fiancé, Robbie Litzenberger; Jennifer (Aaron) Beed; Stephanie (Keiran) Muir; Natasha Winfield, David Winfield Jr., Jennifer (Chase) Whitson, great grandchildren Anna, Josiah, Xander, Xavier, Gabby, Keira, Khloe, Ezra, Makenna and Aiden; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family. Online condolences may be shared at carpentermemorial.com. Services will be 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1, at Harvest Christian Fellowship Church, Pastors Robert Litzenberger and Jeremy Rinke officiating. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is in care of arrangements.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say 8-month-old twin girls are safe following reports they were in a vehicle that was carjacked from a supermarket parking lot.
The Omaha Police Department says the girls’ mother reported the abduction Thursday after 8 p.m. outside a Baker’s in north Omaha. An Amber Alert was issued for the girls and they were later found in the car unharmed. The vehicle was abandoned.
The mother tells police she was putting groceries in the car’s trunk when a suspect jumped in the driver’s seat and drove away with the infants inside the vehicle.
Police say they’re looking for a person of interest recorded on the supermarket’s security video. No arrests have been made.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Another folk medicine remedy bites the dust. Cranberry capsules didn’t prevent or cure urinary infections in nursing home residents in a study challenging persistent unproven claims to the contrary.
The research adds to decades of conflicting evidence on whether cranberries in any form can prevent extremely common bacterial infections, especially in women.
Many studies suggesting a benefit were based on weak science. But marketers and even some doctors still recommend cranberry juice or capsules. An editorial released with the study Thursday says the results are convincing, and that that it’s time to find better ways to treat these infections.
The study and editorial are in the online version of Journal of the American Medical Association.
