UPDATED (6/14/17)

More charges have been filed in the boating accident at Lake Maloney on Monday.

As the ongoing investigation continues, Mary Haney, has also been charged in connection with the case.  According to jail records, Mary Haney has been charged with felony child abuse and felony destruction of evidence.

We will have more information when it’s available.

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Authorities say a combination of speed, driving too close to the shoreline and possibly alcohol led to a boating accident at Lake Maloney that left a nine-year-old girl with serious injuries.

According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, North Platte Rescue, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and deputies responded to the report of a boating accident at around 5:57 p.m., on June 12.

A news release says the accident occurred near South Beach, on the southwest side of the lake. When first-responders arrived, they found the girl with serious injuries to her leg, arm, and head. Another female juvenile was found to have sustained minor injuries.

A joint investigation revealed that the two juveniles had been on a flotation device being pulled by a boat operated by 53-year-old Doug Haney.

Witnesses reported that Haney had been operating the boat very close to the shoreline, and was traveling at a high rate of speed.  At one point, the watercraft traveled close to some rocks on the shoreline and made a sharp turn, causing the girls to be thrown from the flotation device and into the rocks.

Deputies say Haney left the scene in the boat upon the arrival of law enforcement. The boat was eventually located at Frontier Resort and, a short time later, deputies made contact with Haney who they say appeared to be intoxicated. Haney reportedly refused to take field sobriety tests.

It was determined that there was probable cause to place Haney under arrest and charge him with boating under the influence of liquor and two counts of felony child abuse. He was transported to Great Plains Health where a chemical test was conducted, the results of the tests are not known at this time. He was then jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.

Chief Deputy Roland Kramer says the nine-year-old victim was transported to Great Plains Health before being transported to CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was then reportedly transferred to an Omaha hospital.

The investigation is ongoing.

 

 

One person was seriously injured and another is facing felony charges after a boating accident on Monday at Lake Maloney, south of North Platte.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office did not release many details on the incident but did say a juvenile sustained serious injuries to their leg and was flown to an undisclosed hospital after initially being treated at Great Plains Health.

LCSO says one person was arrested in the case and charged with felony intentional child abuse and operating a boat under the influence of liquor. According to jail records, the man arrested was 53-year-old, Douglas Haney.

The condition of the juvenile is unknown, but deputies say the injuries could be life-threatening.

This is a developing story and we will have more information when it’s available.

UPDATED CONTENT…

http://www.northplattepost.com/2017/06/13/authorities-release-more-details-on-lake-maloney-boating-accident/

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A staffer at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution faces a felony charge for allegedly having unauthorized communication with an inmate.

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says corrections corporal Sarah Murillo was suspended without pay on Friday after she was arrested.

Officials say the Nebraska State Patrol is still investigating her alleged activities. Murillo was charged with unauthorized communication with a prisoner. She has worked at the southeast Nebraska prison since July 18, 2016.

Department officials did not specify what led to the charge, but in a statement, Corrections Director Scott Frakes says introducing contraband into the prison can lead to safety breaches and will not be tolerated.

Online court records did not list an attorney for Murillo.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — More Nebraska students will see the state Capitol and other historic sites under a new grant program designed to help schools that have cut field trips from their budgets.

The privately funded grant will reimburse schools for transportation and admission costs for a dozen educational sites throughout the state. Gov. Pete Ricketts, first lady Suzanne Shore and Nebraska Arts Council Executive Director Suzanne Wise announced the program Monday.

Organizers have raised about $350,000 toward their goal of $400,000. Their aim is to send every fourth grader in the state to the Capitol or a site near their school, such as Chimney Rock near Bayard or the Homestead National Monument near Beatrice.

The program is part of the Nebraska 150 celebration, a series of initiatives to commemorate the state’s 150th anniversary.

NEW YORK (AP) — “Wonder Woman” wrapped up Tom Cruise’s “The Mummy” at the weekend box office, pulling in an estimated $57.2 million in North American theaters.

Universal’s “The Mummy” looked it age, selling a relatively feeble $32.2 million in tickets in its debut weekend.

That couldn’t compete with Warner Bros.’ “Wonder Woman” in its second weekend. The Gal Gadot superhero film has quickly earned more than $205 million domestically in two weeks.

The poor opening for “The Mummy,” which cost an estimated $125 million to produce, meant a weak start for Universal’s ballyhooed “Dark Universe.” ”The Mummy” is intended to launch a new connected franchise of monster movies.

The A24 thriller “It Comes at Night” aimed for more discerning horror fans. It sold a modest $6 million in tickets in its debut weekend.

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska farmers, ranchers and other agricultural professionals will gather in Kearney to learn about changing technology and how to prepare for tough economic times.

The Nebraska Farm Bureau, University of Nebraska and KRVN Rural Radio Network will host the Agricultural Economic and Technology Summit on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Holiday Inn in Kearney.

Presenters will discuss trade, climate challenges and rapidly evolving agricultural technology. Experts will share advice on specific crops and livestock, managing risk and using data.

Registration is still open on the farm bureau’s website, www.nefb.org. It costs $75 for both days, or $40 for a single day.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission wants to enroll private landowners in the Open Fields and Waters Program.

The program pays landowners for allowing walk-in hunting or fishing access on their properties. Last year, the commission enrolled more than 230,000 acres in the program.

Game and Parks biologists will post boundary signs, and enrolled property locations are published annually in the Nebraska Public Access Atlas, which is available at http://bit.ly/2s0q5EJ. Participating landowners also receive protection from liability under the Nebraska Recreation Liability Act.

Landowners can contact their nearest Game and Parks district office.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska drivers will have at least two new specialty license plate designs to choose from next year.

“Choose Life” and Native American Cultural Awareness and History plates approved by the Legislature this year join several other plates created in recent years. Planned Parenthood is also about two-thirds of the way to the 250 prepaid applications it needs to create a plate with the slogan “My Body, My Choice.”

The new plates will be available in January. Each will cost $5 more than a standard plate.

Proceeds from the Native American plate will fund college scholarships and youth leadership camps through the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs. Additional revenue from the “Choose Life” plate will supplement federal funds for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Department of Labor has won two national awards for its reemployment program and the system it uses for unemployment insurance.

The American Institute for Full Employment has given the state its 2016 Full Employment Best Practices Award. The award recognizes Nebraska for frequent interaction with the unemployed and using new technological tools to help people find jobs.

Gov. Pete Ricketts says the reemployment program is helping employers expand opportunities for residents. The state’s most recent unemployment rate was 3 percent, lower than the national average of 4.4 percent.

The National Association of State Workforce Agencies has recognized Nebraska and four other states for efficiently communicating with employers to process unemployment insurance benefit claims.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is looking to help residents beat the heat this summer.

The department offers two programs: One that provides electric fans through local organizations and another that helps in paying summer cooling bills.

Thirty-two organizations in 24 Nebraska counties work with the agency to distribute fans to needy citizens and distributed more than 5,600 fans statewide last year.

The cooling bill payment program uses federal money left over from the winter heating program. To qualify, a person in the household must be 70 or older, be receiving Aid to Dependent Children with a child 5 or younger, or be more susceptible to heat because of a medical condition. Income limits apply.

More information on the programs can be found at http://dhhs.ne.gov/EnergyAssistance.