• Seth Corliss Hasenauer, 32, Wallace NE and Stacee Ranaw DeCent, 33, Wallace NE

 

• James Millard Felty Jr, 67, North Platte and Vicki Jo Ludwick, 65, North Platte

 

• Leo William Harwager, 35, Stapleton NE and Amanda Marie Glaubitz, 20, Stapleton NE

 

• Mason Evertt Neal, 28, North Platte and Amanda Lynn Thompson, 28, North Platte

 

• Clayton Edward Barnhart, 19, Lincoln NE and Ashley Nicole Jones, 20, Lincoln NE

 

• Shane Robert Nichols, 25, North Platte and Melissa Ann Foster, 28, North Platte

 

• Neal Edward Tucker, 48, North Platte and Stephanie Sue Contreras, 51, North Platte

(AP) — One of the largest steam locomotives ever built is coming back to life.

The Union Pacific Railroad plans to restore an engine known as a Big Boy. It was a 6,300-horsepower monster designed to drag heavy freight trains over the Wyoming and Utah mountains.

Twenty-five Big Boys were built for the Union Pacific in the 1940s, but they were pushed aside by more efficient diesels by 1960.

The railroad plans to restore Big Boy No. 4014, which has been on display at the RailGiants Train Museum in California. It will be towed this month to Cheyenne, Wyo., where the work will be done at Union Pacific’s steam shop.

The project is expected to take three to five years. After that, the locomotive will be used to pull special excursion trains.

(AP) — An 86-year-old Holdrege man has died after a collision in south-central Nebraska’s Kearney County.

The Kearney County Sheriff’s Office says the accident on Nebraska Highway 44 was reported at 11:40 a.m. Sunday. Deputies say Laverne Graus was driving south when his car collided with a northbound pickup driven by 24-year-old Krystal Anderson, of Phillipsburg, Kan. Graus was pronounced dead at the scene. Anderson was taken to a Kearney hospital.

Deputies say weather and roadway conditions contributed to the accident.

(AP) — Senior citizens and students far junior in age and dance experience got to share the dance floor at a special prom in Hastings.

The Future Business Leaders of America club hosted the sixth annual Senior Prom on Sunday at Adams Central High School. Students got the opportunity enjoy the dance and musical memories of members of their parents’ and grandparents’ generations.

Residents of area assisted living centers were invited, and some of the students asked their grandparents to join the fun.

 

Courtesy of the North Platte Police Department

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HANDICAPPED PARKING

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INJUR ACCID-NO ALC RELAT

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THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- FROM BUILDING NO TRESPASS

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THEFT BY DECEPTION

2200 W A ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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72 HR PARKING VIOLATION

700 S ASH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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THEFT BY DECEPTION

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PROP DAMAGE-NO ALC RELAT

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CITIZEN ASSIST

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VIOL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEV

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NO NEBRASKA OPERATORS LICENSE

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100 PLATTE OASIS NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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LOST PROPERTY

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S JEFFERS ST / HALLIGAN DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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100 PLATTE OASIS PKWY NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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LOOSE ANIMALS

E 4TH ST /N CHESTNUT ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

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CAT-STRAY FR CITIZEN

1400 N SYCAMORE ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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WELFARE CHECK

3100 W 21ST ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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LOOSE ANIMALS

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EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION

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E 12TH ST /N CHESTNUT ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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OTHER DISTURBANCE

1300 E 10TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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THEFT BY EXER CONTROL-FAIL TO RETURN RENTED PROP

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THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER

1100 LINDA CT NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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CITIZEN ASSIST

S OAK ST /W LEOTA ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/14/2014

16:13:31

THEFT BY EXER CONTROL-FAIL TO RETURN RENTED PROP

100 E 5TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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WELFARE CHECK

3400 S NEWBERRY RD NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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N Willow /W 9TH NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER

900 E E ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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NO LICENSE PLATES 60 323

E 10TH ST /N JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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EXPIRED INTRANSIT TAGS

W PHILIP AV /S CARR AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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LOOSE ANIMALS

E 10TH ST /N JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET

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E 11TH ST /N COTTONWOOD ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE

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SUSPICIOUS PERSON

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TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS

E E ST /S JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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1300 E 4TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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400 W 1ST ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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AIRPORT, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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1800 W A ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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LEE BIRD FIELD, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR North Platte, NE 69103

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S WILLOW ST /W FRANCIS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

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09:21:51

TRAFFIC ENFORCE GENERAL

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04/15/2014

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SUSPICIOUS PERSON

800 W WILLIAM AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/15/2014

09:34:10

TRAFFIC ENFORCE GENERAL

EUGENE AV / HWY83

04/15/2014

09:49:40

GEN PARK & TRAFFIC

1100 W WILLIAM AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/15/2014

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ASSIST OTHER AGENCY-GENERAL

700 S JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/15/2014

09:50:17

GEN PARK & TRAFFIC

1100 W WILLIAM AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

Road work continues to pick up in the area.

The Nebraska Department of Roads says Highway 30 will be closed to thru traffic beginning April 21st.

Crews will begin resurfacing the road which will include:

• Milling the existing 24” surface.
• Placement of 5″ concrete on the 24″ driving surface.
• Replacement of existing County Road intersections with concrete.
• Overlay of the existing surfaced shoulders and private driveways to match the new concrete roadway.
• Placement of rumble strips.

NDOR officials say the speed limit in the construction zone will be reduced to 35 mph.

Residents and landowners that access their property from Highway 30 between Cozad and Lexington will still be able to do so during the project, and the road will still be accessible to local traffic.

Unauthorized vehicles traveling in the construction zone will be subject to a fine of $300.

NDOR says all thru traffic will be required to use Interstate 80.

The work is scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2014.

• Today: Sunny, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
• Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South southwest wind 11 to 14 mph becoming west after midnight.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North northeast wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. East northeast wind 8 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
• Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

(AP) — A southeast Nebraska woman is joining some other parents across the nation in deciding their children will not take statewide tests.

Jill Osler, of Doniphan, said she thinks the tests are about politics, not about learning.

Valorie Foy is the Nebraska Department of Education director of state assessment, and she says the assessments are a tool to help schools improve.

A growing number of parents in several states are choosing not to have their children take the standardized tests. In New York City, for example, an advocacy group called Change the Stakes estimates that as many as 1,000 students in the city will not take the English test this month.

(AP) — Gov. Dave Heineman is encouraging all Nebraskans to volunteer next week.

ServeNebraska week is April 20 to 26.

Heineman, first lady Sally Ganem and Jamesena Moore, chairwoman of ServeNebraska, joined for a news conference Monday to publicize the effort.

Moore says she hope to see volunteerism recorded in all 93 counties during ServeNebraska week.

Heineman says Nebraska ranks fifth across the country in terms in terms of volunteerism. Moore says she wants that ranking to climb to No. 1.

Heineman and Ganem will participate by reading to fourth grade students at McPhee elementary school in Lincoln on April 24.

To register a volunteer activity or for more information on volunteering, visit: www.serve.nebraska.gov.

A North Platte man is facing charges after he allegedly assaulted his wife and child.

At around 8:30 p.m., on Saturday, North Platte Police responded to the report of an assault in progress in the 2000 block of West 15th Street.

Upon arrival, officers could hear screaming inside the residence.

Officers forced entry into the home and discovered that 30-year-old Chauncey Mendoza had injured his wife by assaulting and strangling her.

Authorities also say there were children in the home at the time of the assault, and one of them was injured when they attempted to stop Mendoza from hurting their mother.

Mendoza was placed under arrest and charged with domestic assault, child abuse and felony strangulation.

He was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center where he is being held on ten percent of $15,000 bond.