Lincoln, Neb. — The Nebraska football team competed its fifth practice of fall camp on Tuesday afternoon, practicing outside on the Ed and Joanne Gass Practice Field in full pads and helmets for just over two hours. Continue reading “Huskers Get First Practice in Full Pads”
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Advocates who want to end beer sales in Whiteclay are calling on state officials to enforce liquor laws in the Nebraska town or revoke the licenses of its four beer stores.
The group said in a statement Tuesday that Nebraska needs to provide adequate law enforcement if the stores are allowed to remain open.
The stores sold the equivalent of 3.5 million beer cans last year despite having a dozen residents. It’s located on the border of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where alcohol is banned but alcohol-related problems run rampant.
A task force formed at Gov. Pete Ricketts’ urging has suggested possible solutions, including more law enforcement.
Whiteclay activist John Maisch, who produced a documentary about the town, says closing the stores is the cheapest option for taxpayers.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A former Shelton school superintendent has pleaded not guilty in Hall County District Court to charges in a domestic violence case.
45-year-old Brian Redinger pleaded not guilty Tuesday making terroristic threats, strangulation, third-degree domestic assault and first-degree criminal attempt at assault.
Sheriff’s investigators say that on April 10, Redinger attacked his wife, hitting her head on a car dashboard and later driving at her before she escaped to safety at a Hall County truck stop.
He resigned his position as superintendent of Shelton Public Schools some weeks after his arrest.
Kaye Marie Borden, age 46 of North Platte, passed away Monday August 8, 2016 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE.
Memorials are suggested to The St. Patrick’s High School Athletic Association and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com. Christian Wake Service will be 7:00 p.m. Saturday August 13, 2016 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Monday August 15, 2016 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with the Reverends Richard Piontkowski and Josh Brown as Con-Celebrants. Burial will follow at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery with full military honors. Those wishing to do so may sign the register book from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and noon until 6:00 p.m. Sunday August 14, 2016 at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.
At least two people who’ve ridden the waterslide on which a 10-year-old boy was killed over the weekend say shoulder straps snapped or popped off during the ride in Kansas City, Kansas.
Paul Oberhauser told local television station KCTV that the safety restraints on his raft on the Verruckt waterslide weren’t working properly when he rode it on July 26 at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark.
The Nebraska man says his shoulder strap “busted loose” during the ride and he “just held on.” A video shot by his wife shows it loose at the ride’s end. He says he told workers about the loose strap.
Kenneth Conrad told WDAF-TV that he rode the waterslide last year with a friend whose shoulder strap came “completely off.” Conrad’s wife snapped a photo at the end of the ride showing the strap missing. Conrad says he didn’t file a complaint with the park.
The park’s spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a message Tuesday from The Associated Press seeking comment on the claims.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man suspected of a robbery in San Diego has been captured in Nebraska.
25-year-old Wani Kose was arrested Monday evening in an apartment about six blocks from the state Capitol.
Members of a U.S. Marshals fugitive task force had received information that Kose was in the area, and he was spotted around 6 p.m. He ran, but officers chased him back to the apartment, where he was found in the shower.
Officials didn’t provide details about the San Diego robbery. It’s unclear whether Kose has an attorney.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man who was given a rare chance with probation when he was 14 has been sentenced to prison for violating it by attempting to break into a business.
19-year-old Deanta Delarosa pleaded guilty in May to attempted burglary after he got caught trying to break into a business in July 2015. At the time, Delarosa was still on probation for a robbery he committed in December 2011.
On Monday, Lancaster County District Judge John Colborn revoked Delarosa’s probation, sentenced him to four to six years in prison for the original robbery and gave him another 18 months to two years for the new charge.
Delarosa already has credit for nearly two years in jail and will have to serve about 10 months before he’s eligible for parole.
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Federal safety officials have begun investigating a worker’s fall at a construction site in Scottsbluff.
The fall occurred at a Western Sugar Cooperative facility. Initial reports are that the worker fell through a floor opening on the second floor and was hospitalized.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the worker is an employee of DSI Mechanical. DSI is part of Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Design Solutions & Integration.
DSI attorney Aaron Dean says DSI is investigating Wednesday’s accident and looks forward to cooperating with OSHA. He also says DSI employees have all completed 10-hour OSHA construction safety courses that include fall protection.
Dean says he can’t release the worker’s name but says he’s recovering at a Scottsbluff medical facility.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been arrested, accused of poisoning four giant city-owned cottonwood trees near his home.
Court records say 44-year-old Donald Grenawalt is charged with felony criminal mischief. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call Tuesday from The Associated Press.
Four or five holes had been drilled into each tree trunk, and officials suspect poison was poured into the holes. The city has estimated the cost to remove each dying tree and plant a new one at $3,000 to $5,000.
Court records say Grenawalt told a city employee who knew him that he’d attacked the trees because he was sick of them. The documents say investigators found drills and bits at Grenawalt’s home and chemicals that could have been poured into the trees.
MERRIMAN, Neb. (AP) — Cherry County authorities say a 19-year-old man has died in a rollover crash.
The crash occurred early Saturday morning south of Merriman. Cherry County Attorney Eric Scott says Matthew Hull was ejected from the pickup he was driving. Scott says Hull had been working on a ranch after moving to the area from Hastings.
Merriman is a community of about 130 people in northwest Cherry County.
