NORTH PLATTE – River levels were forecasted to be at 8.1 feet by Sunday. Instead, the North Platte river in North Platte was measured at 7.69 feet Monday morning. The big question is why? Kevin Vicker discussed with Brian Hirsch of the National Weather Service.
The following information was updated after we spoke with Brian Hirsch.
Video about the role of North Platte, the Canteen and the railroad in World War II.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – The National Guard will soon begin to repair a levee east of North Platte. The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency says 14 Guard members will put sandbags on the levee with help from a helicopter. A second helicopter is expected to arrive Tuesday from Colorado.
A shelter has opened in North Platte to assist residents displaced by the swollen North Platte River.
Mindy Mangus with the American Red Cross told KNOP-TV that the
shelter opened Saturday at Adams Middle School. Sleeping areas have
been set up in the gym and food will be served in the cafeteria.
The North Platte River is swollen because of steady spring rain
and above-normal snowpack that have filled upstream reservoirs.
Latest Booking activity from the Lincoln County Jail:
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NORTH PLATTE – Operations are underway to protect buildings and property from impending flood waters scheduled to arrive this weekend.
At Scout’s Rest Ranch, the strategy is to surround buildings with a mini-dike of dirt, cover the dirt in plastic, and use sand bags to weigh down the plastic. This avoids the time it takes to fill sandbags and manually haul them around. The strategy is faster due to the help of bulldozers.
The following video shows more.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
has set up a hotline to answer residents’ questions about flooding
around the state.
Residents can call 855-211-2453 or 855-211-2454 for information
on flooding already occurring and potential flooding expected as
water levels increase across Nebraska.
The hotline will be staffed by National Guard troops with
assistance by public information officers.
The hours of the hotline will be from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
weekdays until further notice.
The State Emergency Operation Center is also open at the
Nebraska Emergency Management Agency in Lincoln from 7:30 to 5 p.m.
weekdays until further notice.
Kevin Vicker has the latest:
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A Lincoln man who’s listed on Nebraska’s
Sex Offender Registry has been given 20-to-40 years in prison for
molesting another little boy.
Samuel Craigie was found guilty of two charges earlier this
spring after a nonjury trial. The Lincoln Journal star is reporting
that Craigie was sentenced on Tuesday.
The 38-year-old Craigie was given 20-to-40 years for sexual
assault of a child, prior conviction, and four-to-five years for
intentional child abuse. The sentences are to be served at the same
time.
The incidents occurred in 2009.
Court records say the boy’s mother told investigators that she
knew Craigie was a sex offender and that his victim more than a
dozen years ago was 5 years old, about the same age as her son in
2009.
See Samuel Craigie’s profile at the Nebraska State Patrol Website
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) – The former manager of a Nebraska
company that manages Social Security and other benefits for clients
has pleaded guilty to embezzlement.
Scottsbluff radio station KNEB is reporting that 48-year-old
Karen Adams entered the federal plea in Seattle, where she was
arrested.
Adams is accused of taking more than $26,000 from Safe Harbor
Inc. between May 2008 and September 2009. The Scottsbluff company
manages Social Security and other federal program benefits as well
as private funds for its clients in western Nebraska and in Wyoming
and South Dakota.
The indictment says Adams took the money from more than a dozen
Safe Harbor client accounts, writing checks for goods and services
for her own use.
Her sentencing is set for Aug. 23.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The new-in-2011 Nebraska policy allowing alcohol in most state parks apparently passed its first holiday weekend test. Nebraska Game and Parks administrator Roger Kuhn says his agency’s officers and other law enforcement agencies didn’t report anything out of the ordinary over the Memorial Day weekend. The policy approved last year ended a 15-year ban on drinking alcohol in state parks. It went into effect Jan. 1, allowing alcohol consumption in all state parks, state historical parks andstate recreation areas, except at Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska and state wildlife management areas. Alcohol consumption is barred in designated swimming areas, on roads, in parking lots and in certain other marked areas. Containers of alcohol larger than a gallon are not allowed.
