NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – A 30-year-old North Platte man will be returning to prison to serve another sentence for robbery.
David Traxler was sentenced on Monday to serve eight to 16 years. Judge Richard Birch says that’s double Traxler’s last sentence, of four to eight years, which was imposed in 2005.
He robbed a convenience store in February and pleaded  guilty after prosecutors dropped several other charges.
It will be Traxler’s fourth stint in prison.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Department of Revenue is reminding residents that state taxes, like federal taxes, are nearly due.
Taxpayers have until Tuesday to file their state income taxes.
Nebraska is accepting returns through the revenue department’s NebFile program. The department’s website offers free e-file and e-pay options, as well as detailed information about state taxes.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has said taxpayers have until Tuesday to file the federal taxes, because Monday is a legal holiday in Washington, D.C.
Nebraska will also accept income returns and payments e-filed or postmarked on or before Tuesday as being on time.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Weather officials have received no reports of injuries and few instances of major damage from Saturday’s storms that blew across Nebraska.
National Weather Service officials say they’ve gotten reports of reports of at least 12 possible tornadoes, along with baseball-sized hail, strong winds and torrential rain, in central and eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Crews are surveying damage to confirm those reports.
Van DeWald, in the weather service’s Valley office, says the worst of the damage was reported in a line that started near Nebraska City, where several homes were damaged, and extended into Iowa, ending near Thurman. About 75 percent of that community has been destroyed.
Unconfirmed tornadoes were also reported in Nebraska near Cook and North Platte. Those areas sustained damage to farm outbuildings and trees.

OSHKOSH, Neb. (AP) – A 65-year-old Oshkosh man faces six felony counts of neglect because six of his horses were found dead in western Nebraska’s Garden County.
Harry Cross is due in court on May 3.
Garden County Attorney Phillip Pierce says the horses of dehydration or starvation. They hadn’t been checked for 22 days.
The carcasses were found April 8 near an empty stock tank. The well pump apparently stopped working and the tank went dry.
A seventh horse was found alive but soon died.
A phone listed for Cross was not in service on Monday. Online court records don’t list the name of his attorney.

The National Weather Service has issued A Tornado Watch for the following counties until 8:28 p.m. CDT:

NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BLAINE               CUSTER              FRONTIER
GARFIELD             HAYES               HOOKER
LINCOLN              LOGAN               LOUP
                    MCPHERSON            THOMAS              WHEELER

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (North Platte Post) – On a conference call with the National Weather Service this morning, the moderating meteorologist said that only 2 or 3 times in the history of the NWS have they forecast the possibility of a high risk weather situation a day in advance. This is one of those times.
Although he indicated that “ground zero” would likely be in parts of Custer County, the entire area (with the exception of parts of northwest Cherry County) is under a slight to moderate to severe risk of extremely severe weather conditions later today.
Large tornadoes are being forecast for the main brunt of the storm, expected into the central and eastern parts of the state, but in Lincoln County and areas west, there is also the chance for large hail and isolated tornadoes.
In short, be wary and keep your eye on the sky.
As of yesterday, “life-threatening” storms are predicted through central to eastern Kansas and Oklahoma which indicate just how dangerous things could get in conjunction with these storms.
A dry line pushing from the west will meet up with a low pressure system which will come up from Kansas sometime around and after 3 o’clock this afternoon. With the abundant moisture evident from the fog and early showers, all the ingredients are in place for a very stormy afternoon and evening across our coverage area.
Be sure to keep checking the North Platte Post, and tune in to our Eagle Radio Stations- Mix 97.1, Q Country 107.3 and ESPN 1410 AM as we keep you updated on this dangerous storm situation.