Authorities have arrested three people in connection to a fatal shooting in Sidney, Neb., which witnesses say, was the result of an argument over an estimated $160 in drug money.

On Saturday, November 3^rd, at around 12:30 am, shots were fired which left Adam McCormick with bullet wounds in his stomach and leg areas. McCormick died in a hospital shortly after he was found lying on the driveway where the argument allegedly took place.

According to witnesses, McCormick confronted another man about the alleged drug money which led to the shooting.

Two people have been arrested for allegedly helping Jason Custer escape to Big Springs where he was later arrested at a motel on suspicion of second-degree murder at around 9 am on Saturday morning.

Custer is on bond for $1–million dollars.

A plane crash is under investigation which took place at the Gothenburg airport on Sunday morning.

According to the Associated Press, 55-year-old James Ross, of North Platte, died in the crash. Ross was a student pilot as well as the Director of information systems for the city of North Platte.

The small plane was found upside-down nearly fifty-yards from the grass runway by rescue workers. Authorities say Ross died at the scene.

An autopsy will be performed. Ross was alone in the plane before the accident.

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 55. North northwest wind 5 to 13 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the evening.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. North northwest wind 8 to 13 mph.

On Friday, November 2^nd, nine bomb threats were received by county courthouses, each in a different county.

According to the Nebraska State Patrol, each threat was made by phone between 11:06 and 11:36 this morning. The county courthouses that received the threats were Cass, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe, Richardson, Saline and Seward counties, Otoe county was the first and Landcaster county was the last.

The NSP says that each threat was made by a male who explained that there was an explosive device in the courthouse.

The buildings were evacuated and no credible threat was found in any of the buildings that received a call.

The NSP is asking for anyone with information that will aid to the investigation into the source of the calls to contact their local law enforcement agency.

The North Platte Jaycees, an organization of individuals that focus on helping the community, will host a soup supper fundraiser for a North Platte teacher/mother, Kendra Burkholder, who was injured from a gas propane tank explosion in July of 2012. The fundraiser is scheduled for Sunday, November 4^th at the North Platte Eagles Club.

The Soup Supper fundraiser was organized by Chapter President of North Platte Jaycees, Linda Shea and Jaycees member, Shelley Shore, when a friend of Burkholder reached out to Shea asking for a helping hand.  “I’ve personally known Kendra for seven years,” explained Shore, “I just know that the person that she is, she would do it in a heart-beat for somebody she knew.” Burkholder is much liked by many in the community and the Jaycees hope to raise a significant amount of funds to help with expensive hospital costs.

The Jaycees are looking for at least 20 soup teams to participate in the Soup Supper. A $25 entry fee is required for all soup teams and tickets cost $6 for adults, $4 for children 12-3 and children younger than 3 are no cost. All proceeds will give aid to Kendra Burkholder.

Event Details

Who: North Platte Jaycees

What: Soup Supper Fundraiser

When: Sunday, November 4^th, 2012 @2:00-5:00PM

Where: North Platte Eagles Club @ 320 E Front St

To offer a donation, sign up a team or to  get more info on the fundraiser, contact:

Shelley Shore: 535-6740 ext. 3138 / 534-0125

Or

Linda Shea: 532-9362

Today: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 60. North wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. North northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Light and variable wind becoming south southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Great Plains Regional Medical Center will commence its month long move of various departments to the hospital’s new downtown office location beginning November 2.

 

The relocation is part of the initial stage of the Great Plains Regional Medical Center patient tower project. The moves make it possible for the hospital to begin demolition of the areas that will pave way for the construction of the new patient tower.

 

“Hospital employees have been planning the details of this move for many months,” said Treg Vyzourek, Great Plains Regional Medical Center’s director of outreach and regional development. “The renovations to the downtown location, which is across from the Pawnee Hotel, will serve our non-clinical staff and operations very well.”

 

The move includes employees from patient financial services, North Platte Nebraska Physicians Group, Great Plains Health Care Foundation, accounting, business development, education, marketing, outreach and compliance. In total, 65 of the hospital’s 800 employees will be housed at the new downtown location at 214 East 5^th Street.

 

According to Vyzourek, the select hospital employees will work in the North Campus downtown until construction is complete at the main hospital campus in the Spring of 2015.

 

The Great Plains Regional Medical Center patient tower project includes a 116-bed, five-story patient tower featuring modernized patient units, all private rooms, more space for updated technology and visiting family members, increased parking and the expansion of the central utility plant.

 

Great Plains Regional Medical Center North Campus will be open to the public Monday thru Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All department phone numbers will remain the same.

A Kearney man will have surgery on an eardrum damaged by a blast of illegal explosives before he begins his jail sentence.

The Kearney Hub reports that 31-year-old Scott Rhone on Tuesday was sentenced to 30 days in jail and three years of probation for felony possession of a destructive device. He also was sentenced on two drug counts.

Authorities say Rhone was injured when he ignited a metal tube filled with powders he purchased at a gun show.

Rhone told the judge Tuesday that the surgery is scheduled for next month, so the judge ordered Rhone to report to Buffalo County Jail on Jan. 7.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 71. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 8 to 13 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. South wind 5 to 9 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.