After the December 14^th massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut which took the lives of many children, schools across the nation are reviewing security plans and procedure in response to the devastating event.

In North Platte, the protocol for responding to an active killer on school grounds has received additional components.

In November, school administrators and school resource officers were trained on the A.L.I.C.E. protocol for situations involving an active killer within school grounds. A.L.I.C.E. stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform and Evacuate.

Officer Rodney Brown, PIO with the North Platte Police Department, tells North Platte Post that ‘Alert’ and ‘Lockdown’ have always been part of the protocol; they have simply included three new procedures that were not included before. “Here in North Platte we take it very serious,” Brown said, “We know just like anyone else [that] it could be our school, our children.”

A.L.I.C.E. will become part of North Platte schools sometime after the Christmas Break.

Listen to the full interview with Officer Rodney Brown on safety in North Platte schools.

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A Hershey man, convicted of sexually assaulting a child in 2011, will spend no less than 20 years in prison.

Stephen Fischer, 36, was convicted of 3^rd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child on Monday, December 17^th in Lincoln County District Court. Fischer was sentenced to no more than 20-30 years in the Nebraska State Penitentiary.

A North Platte man charged with Arson and other charges made a plea deal in exchange for two charges dismissed.

Jason Jones, 32, pleaded no-contest in District Court to Possession of a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine), a Class 4 Felony, and 2^nd Degree Arson, and Class 3 Felony. Jones made a plea deal with the judge in exchange for the dismissal of a Burglary and Theft charge.

Sentencing is scheduled for February 25^th and faces a maximum of 24 years in prison.

On August 27^th, Jones allegedly caused a garage fire and had taken off, with tools from inside the garage, in a vehicle he reportedly stole, later to be arrested while in possession of the controlled substance.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is seeking volunteers to become certified as hunting and bow-hunting instructors.

The instructors teach students how to hunt safely, responsibly and respectfully. Mike Streeter, the commission’s hunter education coordinator, says instructors have an opportunity to pass their knowledge along to younger generations.

Instructors must be at least 18 years old, live in Nebraska and be as licensed a hunter. Applications and program contact information are available on the commission’s website.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. West northwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Light north wind becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday: Snow likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 28. Blustery, with a north northeast wind 15 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 7. Blustery.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 34.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 9.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 41.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 14.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 38.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35.

There are lots of things to do in North Platte today… Put on your coat and hat, get out, take the kids and go visit Santa’s Workshop.. Don’t forget the camera!

Connecticut state police say multiple 30-round magazines and hundreds of bullets found at elementary school where 26 were killed.

State Police Lt. Paul Vance also said Sunday that authorities have publicly identified the gunman in the school rampage as Adam Lanza. They say his mother, Nancy, as was one of his victims.

Vance also detailed the guns found at the school. He says Lanza had two handguns, a Glock 10 mm and a Sig Sauer 9 mm, and a Bushmaster assault rifle that was used for nearly all his killings.

The Bushmaster is a type of gun commonly seen at competitions and was the type used in the 2002 sniper killings in the Washington area.

A fourth weapon, a shotgun, was found in the car Lanza drove to the school.

Today: A 30 percent chance of light rain after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 46. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Tonight: A chance of rain before midnight, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Southeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. North northwest wind 7 to 11 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. West northwest wind 6 to 11 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 52.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 39.

A meteor shower named, the Geminid meteor-shower, will be at it’s peak on December 13th-14th. The Germinid shower happens once every year in mid-December but astronomers haven’t discovered much about the event yet, making this yearly shower quite an amazing event. According to NASA, the yearly shower features around 100 shooting stars per hour!

Read more about the Geminid meteor shower here, http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/09dec_rockcomet/