GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Gate admission and other tickets are available online from the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island.
Among the current offerings are tickets to motor sports and draft horse events. People also can buy preferred parking online.
Tickets can be obtained by going to StateFair.org and clicking on “Buy Tickets Online.”
This year’s fair runs Aug. 24-Sept. 3.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Dave Heineman is reminding Nebraska residents to fly their flags at half-staff on Peace Officers’ Memorial Day on Tuesday, a day set aside to honor fallen peace officers.
President Barack Obama is expected to sign a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff nationwide.
In 1994, a federal law was enacted encouraging the American flag to be lowered to half-staff every May 15 in remembrance of the more than 19,000 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.
In Nebraska, 134 officers have lost their lives in the line of duty since 1866. They include federal, state, county, municipal and tribal agency officers, as well as railroad, game and parks and correctional officers.
North Platte, NE (Danielle Nichols) —
Midlands Family Medicine is proud to present the 3rd annual Happy Trails Run on Saturday, May 12th, 2012 at the North Platte Recreation Center at 8:00 a.m. The Happy Trails Run will include a competitive 5k, 15k and Children’s mile, making it an event the whole family can enjoy. Online entries are now open at www.platteriverfitness.com.
The North Platte Trails Network is hosting the event and is proud to announce that the Happy Trails Run is apart of the Platte River Fitness Series. All proceeds from this event will benefit local trails projects. For more information on volunteer and/or donation opportunities for North Platte Trails, please contact Danielle Nichols at 534-2100.
The North Platte Trails Network, formerly known as The North Platte Trails Committee, re-grouped in 2010 and added several members. Since that time they have hosted multiple events to promote trails and continue to work on trails projects in North Platte including the Canal Trail and South Park Trails.
Sponsors for the event include the Presenting sponsor- Midlands Family Medicine, with support from NebraskaLand National Bank and First National Bank- North Platte.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (North Platte Post) – A North Platte news reporter has been arrested on drug charges.
According to the North Platte Police Department, 19-year old Dillon Daigger, reporter for the North Platte Bulletin, allegedly gave illegal drugs to a female juvenile from Frontier County. Investigators contacted Daigger at his residence and could smell marijuana coming from inside his home. After obtaining a warrant and the subsequent search, Daigger was arrested and charged for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Class IV felony), Possession of Legend Drugs, (pharmaceutical drugs requiring a prescription- Class III misdeameanor), Possession of Marijuana Less than an Ounce and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (both infractions.)
Daigger remains in the Lincoln County Jail. No bond is listed. The investigation continues.
The following is a statement from North Platte Bulletin publisher George Lauby:
Dillon has been a good employee. He’s worked well every work day for nearly a year. He’s been conscientious, fair and thorough in the way he’s approached his work and done his job.
George Lauby
Publisher
SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — A 31-year-old Virginia man has been given 30 to 40 years in a Nebraska prison, convicted of severely beating a hitchhiker in western Nebraska.
Justin Adolph, of Lynchburg, Va., was sentenced on Tuesday in Cheyenne County District Court to consecutive terms of 15 to 20 years. He’d been convicted of attempted first-degree assault and conspiracy to commit attempted first-degree assault.
Authorities say Adolph beat a hitchhiker that he and a traveling companion had picked up in North Platte on June 1 last year. The hitchhiker, Tommy Crawford, later was found badly beaten alongside Interstate 80 about 130 miles west. He has since recovered.
Court records say Adoph’s companion, 33-year-old Stephanie O’Neal, of Clarksville, Tenn., was convicted of four misdemeanor counts of compounding a felony. She is awaiting sentencing.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Stenberg will visit 13 Nebraska cities over the next two days in his final push for supporters before next Tuesday’s GOP primary election.
Stenberg, the state’s treasurer, will fly to Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island, Kearney, North Platte, Scottsbluff and Chadron on Wednesday. On Friday, he’ll visit South Sioux City, Norfolk, Columbus, Fremont, Beatrice and Hastings.
Stenberg’s campaign says his message in the last week of the primary campaign will center on “his lifelong conservative record and willingness to stand up to both Republican and Democrats leaders in Washington.”
OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) — Lower water levels at Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska could be the new normal.
The lake is Nebraska’s biggest, supplying water for a variety of uses, including recreation, irrigation and power generation.
The water supply is tied to the snowmelt. It was nearly full last year, thanks to an above-average snowpack in Wyoming and a late melt.
It won’t happen this year. The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District says Tuesday that an early melt from a well-below-normal snowpack is to blame.
The district says the lake is at 82 percent of capacity and falling. The lake’s lowest reading of 18 percent was in 2004 as drought gripped the region.
District engineer Cory Steinke says the lake is in decent shape now, but future levels are uncertain.
MCCOOK, Neb. (AP) — McCook and Red Willow County officials have been discussing the county’s use of the city’s old jail cells.
If a deal were worked out, the county would use the 96-hour holding cells until the county begins operating its new jail in late 2013.
The cells would become available when the city moves out of its public safety center in December.
The commissioners didn’t make a final decision at their meeting Monday morning but will discuss the idea again next week and at their May 21 meeting.
Without use of the city’s cells until the new county jail is ready, the county would have to immediately send inmates to jails in other counties.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A North Platte man who played Santa Claus during the holidays has been sentenced to five years in prison on federal child pornography charges.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Omaha says 58-year-old Daniel Davis was sentenced on Tuesday for receiving child pornography.
Investigators searched Davis’ home in October 2010. They found videos of child pornography on his computer. Officials say a Santa suit from a retail store where Davis worked was in a closet.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (North Platte Post) – A North Platte woman faces charges after interfering with a police investigation.
According to the North Platte Police Department, officers were called to the home at 904 West 4th on Saturday evening on the report of a family disturbance. Upon arrival, police attempted to mediate the situation. 36-year old Kerri Ross allegedly used physical interference against the officers and was arrested for Obstructing a Police Officer. According to the report, alcohol was a factor.
Ross was taken to the Lincoln County Jail and freed on bond Sunday morning.
Ross is the supervisor at North Platte’s animal control office.
