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NPCC Lady Knights Volleyball Goes 1-3 at Johnson County
Overland Park, Kan. – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights volleyball team finished with one win and three losses at the Johnson County Community College Invitational tournament this weekend. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights Volleyball Goes 1-3 at Johnson County”
After Zika, critical to monitor babies’ health but how long?
WASHINGTON (AP) — More federal money finally is available to fight Zika, and one critical research question is how long to monitor the health of babies born to infected mothers.
Brazilian doctors have counted a small number of babies who at birth had a normal-sized head — apparently escaping Zika’s hallmark birth defect — and only later were found to have health problems.
One researcher says that defect, microcephaly, is only the tip of the iceberg.
A study is underway to help answer how big a risk babies face, and how to monitor them. But more research is needed.
Congress last week passed a budget bill that includes $1.1 billion for additional Zika research and prevention. The money comes months after the Obama administration had requested it.
Nebraska state agencies brace for possible budget crunch
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska state agencies are bracing for a possible budget crunch that could mean less maintenance at state parks, fewer law enforcement officers and a slower response to livestock disease outbreaks.
The potential consequences are outlined in a series of budget requests submitted to lawmakers and Gov. Pete Ricketts, who have said they may have to cut spending as state revenues dwindle.
Ricketts announced in July that he had ordered state agencies to analyze how they would handle an 8 percent budget cut so that he and lawmakers would know where to trim if needed.
Ricketts and state senators say the directive was made in an abundance of caution. No one knows whether revenues will continue to fall short of projections. New revenue estimates will be set in October.
90-year-old driver killed trying to make U-turn on I-80
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A fatal crash involving a semitrailer and car has left an elderly driver dead.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. Friday on Interstate 80 between Omaha and Lincoln, killing 90-year-old Lloyd Mickle of Lincoln.
The Nebraska State Patrol says Mickle was driving the car and attempted to make a U-turn in the crossover from the center lane. The patrol says Mickle’s car was then was struck by the semi driving in the left lane.
Jury in Anthony Garcia murder trial empaneled
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A jury has been empaneled in the case of former doctor Anthony Garcia, accused of killing four people with ties to an Omaha medical school.
Garcia is accused in the March 2008 slayings of 11-year-old Thomas Hunter and his family’s housekeeper, Shirlee Sherman, as well as the May 2013 killings of Dr. Roger Brumback and his wife. The boy was the son of Dr. William Hunter, who worked with Roger Brumback at the Creighton University School of Medicine’s pathology department. Prosecutors say Garcia was seeking revenge against the doctors over their firing him from the pathology residency program in 2001.
It took five days to whittle down a jury pool of more than 100 to six men and six women. The four alternates consist of three men and one woman.
6 Omaha Central cheerleaders kneel for Friday night anthem
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Six Omaha Central High cheerleaders followed in the footsteps of three University of Nebraska football players and other athletes across the country who have silently knelt during the national anthem.
The girls said they took a knee to protest racial injustice and recent police shootings.
The girls say they made the decision to kneel shortly before the game, which pitted Central against Lincoln High. Football players were not on the field during the anthem.
Said junior Taichelle Butler, “We don’t hate America. We want America to be greater.”
Omaha teen accused of tossing newborn from window charged
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in Nebraska say a teen accused of tossing a baby she had secretly delivered out of her second-story bedroom window has been charged as an adult with felony child abuse resulting in death.
Omaha police say the 16-year-old girl was booked Saturday. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles charged with crimes.
Officers were called to the apartment shortly after 4 a.m. Friday, where they found a woman administering CPR to the infant. The baby and 16-year-old were taken to a hospital, where the baby was pronounced dead.
Investigators say the teen was alone in her bedroom when she went into labor and gave birth to the premature baby. Police say she then threw the infant out the window and told her mother.
Police expect autopsy results next week.
Lawsuit seeks class-action status over 2014 sewer backups
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln attorney has filed a lawsuit against the city over 2014 sewer backups that damaged hundreds of homes.
Attorney Vince Powers filed the lawsuit on behalf of his client, Susan Dermer. On Friday, Power amended the lawsuit seeking class-action status.
The lawsuit says Dermer suffered more than $10,000 in damages for cleaning and restoration of her basement. The suit says the city failed to have a sewer system that would accommodate heavy rainfall, among other problems.
The city says the storm was responsible for the backups, not city negligence.
Even so, it set up a $1 million cleanup fund, limiting property owners to $5,000 per property. Those who participated agreed not to sue the city.
Future of Nebraska fisheries to be discussed at meetings
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is hosting a series of public meetings to discuss the future of the state’s aquatic resources.
The commission has been developing a road map for the state’s fisheries and aquatic resources and is encouraging the public to participate in the process.
Each of the two-hour meetings begins at 7 p.m. Meetings are set for Monday in Scottsbluff, Omaha and Norfolk; Tuesday in North Platte and Valentine; Wednesday in Kearney; and Thursday in Lincoln.
Meeting locations are available on the commission’s website at https://bit.ly/2djqVUy .