NebraskaLand Days announced that Lady Antebellum canceled the June 21st performance because Lady A’s Hillary Scott is having her first baby and cannot travel.

According to NLD’s news release, they will be working to find a replacement as soon as possible and if anyone who purchased tickets to see Lady Antebellum will be refunded if they’re not happy with the replacement,

“NEBRASKAland DAYS remains committed to providing first class entertainment for the
2013 Celebration, and we are working as quickly as possible to replace Lady Antebellum.” 

If you bought tickets don’t worry, you have options,

“NEBRASKAland DAYS will issue refunds to patrons who do not wish to see the show 
once our new lineup is announced.”

Until the replacement is found, ticket sales for 2013 County Concert have been put on a hold.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11. South wind 5 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Southwest wind 6 to 13 mph.

A 26-year-old man has been given two life terms for stabbing to death two people at his home in the Nebraska Panhandle city of Alliance.

Our sister station, the Panhandle Post, says Dominick Dubray also was sentenced to 30 to 40 years in prison on two weapons charges. The life sentences were mandatory for the first-degree murder convictions. Dubray was found guilty by a Box Butte County jury on Oct. 15.

Prosecutors say Dubray killed 22-year-old Catalina Chavez, of Alliance, and 42-year-old Mike Loutzenhiser, of Scottsbluff. Their bodies were found in Dubray’s house on Feb. 11.

Prosecutors say the case stemmed from an act of rage that erupted from a domestic dispute between Dubray and Chavez. The defense says Dubray was acting in self-defense.

Dubray says he intends to appeal.

A 28-year-old North Platte man was arrested for an alleged assault on Sunday evening at around 6:45PM.

Someone reported to authorities that they could hear screaming which made the caller concerned that an assault was taking place. Officers from the North Platte PD responded to the 100 block of E. 5^th Street where the victim, according to the news release from the NPPD, told officers that Marcos Escarsega, her domestic partner, hit her in the face which caused damage to her eye. Three children were apparently there during the alleged incident.

Escarsega was arrested for 3^rd Degree Domestic Assault and three counts of Child Abuse then jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.

A western Nebraska man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.

Scotts Bluff County District Judge Leo Dobrovolny sentenced 51-year-old Robert Logan on Thursday.

Logan was found guilty of two counts of third-degree sexual assault of a child. Logan pleaded no contest to those reduced charges in July as part of a deal with prosecutors.

Prosecutors say Logan sexually assaulted the girl several times during the fall of 2011 on a couch in his home. Logan was arrested in February.

After his release, Logan will have to register as a sex offender.

Not guilty pleas have been entered for a 42-year-old man charged with robbing a Scottsbluff bank on the day before Thanksgiving.

Scottsbluff radio station KNEB reports that Michael Scott sat quietly in court while the pleas were entered last week.

Scott is charged with robbery and possession of a controlled substance. The robbery occurred Nov. 21 at a Scottsbluff branch of Valley Bank. The robber didn’t show a weapon, and no injuries were reported.

Scott also has pleaded not guilty to unrelated charges of theft by deception and fraud. His trial on those charges is scheduled for February. His bank robbery trial is scheduled for March.

A 44-year-old Gothenburg man accused of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old has pleaded no contest and faces up to five years in prison.

According to local media, Chad Bauer made his plea in Dawson County District Court, pleading no contest for a lesser charge.

Bauer, according to prosecutors, forced a 22-year-old man, who he was giving a ride in his vehicle, to perform oral sex in March.

Bauer is free on $5,000 bail, sentencing is scheduled for February 15th.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Wind chill values as low as -20. West southwest wind 7 to 16 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. West northwest wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. West northwest wind 5 to 13 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

The three Maxwell school faculty who were cited and released after they failed to report student-on-student hazing or abuse, which is said to have taken place in August 2011 and February 2012,  will not be charged but a change in school policy and procedure will take place.

In response to the investigation of three cited faculty, Superintendent Danny Twarling, high school Principal Aubrey Boucher and Wrestling Coach Ryan Jones, the school officials will be offered training by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Lincoln County Attorney’s Office and the Maxwell Board of Education as well as the boards attorney.

The schools policies and procedures will go under review, according the news release from the Lincoln County Attorney’s Office, new policies, implemented by the Board of Education, will require counsel from the School Board in some cases. The school is committed to understanding when and where to report information. The news release explains their intent to protect students,

“It is our intent to better protect each and every student, as well as provide guidelines for those who are in charge of their safety.

 In moving forward, the goal is to create a stronger relationship  between the Community and the School and affirm that whenever abuse or neglect has occurred, such incidents will be reported so that they may be investigated  properly.  The safety and well-being of all students at Maxwell Schools are a major priority.”

Everyone is responsible to report child abuse, you can do so by calling local law enforcement or by contacting the DHHS hotline at 1-800-652-1999