A girl sought by Lincoln Police for her involvement in a stabbing at Lincoln Pius X High School has been found in Kansas and is in custody.

Kansas authorities located 16-year-old Sarah Piccolo in Washington County after she had car trouble.

Piccolo is suspected of stabbing 17-year-old Ellen Kopetzky in the bathroom at the school.

Lincoln Police say Kopetzky went to use the bathroom when Piccolo attacked her with a knife and a hammer.  Kopetzky told police Piccolo didn’t say anything as she wildy swung the knife and hammer at her.  Eventually, an employee at the school heard Kopetzky’s screams and came to her rescue.  Picollo fled the scene.

Later, Police say they found an 8-inch hunting knife and a hammer in the bathroom.

Kopetzky was treated for injuries to her head, mouth, chin and hands.  None of the injuries were life-threatening.

Piccolo has been charged as an adult with 1st degree assault and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

(AP) — Authorities are still searching for a 16-year-old girl suspected of stabbing another girl at Lincoln Pius X High School.

Lincoln Police Capt. Michon Morrow (mih-SHAWN’ MOR’-roh) said Tuesday morning that there’d been no sighting of the suspect or the car she’s driving. The Associated Press generally doesn’t use the names of juvenile suspects.

Police say the stabbing occurred around 9:45 a.m. Monday inside a bathroom at the parochial school. The victim was identified as 17-year-old Ellen Kopetzky. She was taken with several cuts on her face to a Lincoln hospital. Family members say she’s undergone surgery.

Kopetzky’s family also issued a statement asking people to pray for the suspect and her family and treat them with respect and mercy.

(AP) — A man who volunteered at a fundraiser for a Nebraska homicide victim has been accused of stealing gifts from the event.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s office says 50-year-old Jeffrey A. Johnson was booked Monday on suspicion of felony theft in connection with a Sept. 27 fundraiser for the family of Andrea Kruger. She is one of four victims tied to the Omaha killings this summer.

Authorities say a plasma television and a framed picture of the University of Nebraska Memorial Stadium were stolen and later sold at a pawn shop.

Johnson, who volunteered at the fundraiser, also faces unrelated charges of domestic assault and obstructing a peace officer. Records do not list an attorney.

An arrest warrant has been issued for 26-year-old Kristin V. Hunt in connection to the theft.

(AP) — Authorities are trying to find a girl suspected of stabbing another girl at Lincoln Pius X High School.

Lincoln police say the 16-year-old left the building after Monday morning’s incident.

Police say the stabbing occurred inside a bathroom at the parochial school. The victim is a 17-year-old who was taken with cuts on her face to a Lincoln hospital.

Diocesan officials say the girl is in stable condition and has been joined at the hospital by family members.

(AP) — Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has issued an emergency declaration for parts of the state affected by tornadoes and other severe weather.

Heineman announced the declaration Monday, and called the damage “extensive.” He toured tornado damage in Wayne over the weekend.

Multiple tornadoes hit northeast Nebraska over the weekend. Several inches of snow also hit the Nebraska Panhandle. Lt. Gov. Lavon Heidemann and emergency officials will tour some of the damage in the northwest part of the state on Tuesday.

Officials also say local ranchers have reported heavy cattle loss due to freezing conditions, but additional information was not available.

The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating the Saturday, Oct. 5, death of a Guide Rock woman.

Around 8:00 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 5, the Webster County Sheriff’s Office responded to a request to check the welfare of Virginia Barone, 68, 335 Center Street in Guide Rock. Upon their arrival they found Barone deceased in her home.  Barone’s death is being investigated as a homicide.

Two individuals wanted in connection with the Webster County homicide investigation are currently being held in the Jasper County Jail, in Newton, Iowa. Shelley Casterline, 41, and Andrew Casterline, 23, both of Guide Rock, are currently jailed on unrelated Iowa charges of suspected robbery.

The investigation into Barone’s death continues.  No further information is being released at this time.

Guide Rock is about 40 miles south of Hastings.

(AP) — Residents in the Black Hills of South Dakota are navigating through a sloppy mess today after warmer temperatures began melting record snowfall, leaving standing water on plowed roads.

Law enforcement officials say they’ve caught up on emergency calls from the storm, and now authorities are focusing on removing snow and debris and restoring power.

But some people venturing out in the warmer weather have wound up getting stuck on unplowed roads, impeding recovery efforts.

The storm dumped 4 feet of snow near Deadwood and 3.5 feet near Lead, and reports of 20 or more inches were common throughout the Black Hills.

Rapid City’s 21½ inches of snow was a record for both a 24-hour period in October and the entire month.

(AP) — Victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and other amputees are learning how to run again.

In a clinic at Harvard University on Sunday, several victims of the April 15 explosions were trying to run on new prosthetic legs.

Two-time Boston Marathon winner Joan Benoit Samuelson told them “There is no finish line.” She encouraged them to meet their challenges and look for new ones.

Heather Abbott lost part of her left leg in the explosion. She was fitted with a running prosthetic on Saturday and was trying it out in the rain a day later. She stopped part of the way through to check for blisters, but she had none.

The clinic was run by the Challenged Athletes Foundation, which provides equipment and training for amputees to participate in sports.

(AP) — Because of the partial shutdown, government’s work is piling up everywhere. It’s not just paperwork.

Litter lingers on sandbars along a stretch of the Missouri River in Nebraska because a volunteer clean-up was canceled when the government docked its boats. The Centers for Disease control has a backlog of food poisoning microbes that can’t be checked because so many scientists are furloughed.

And one woman is keeping a bald eagle in her freezer. Wendi Pencille (pen-SEAL) tends to injured birds in her upstate New York home. When a bald eagle dies, she sends the remains to a special eagle repository near Denver that ships feathers to Indian tribes for sacred ceremonies.

But the federal bird shippers are furloughed while much of the government, like her fallen eagle, is on ice.

(AP) — The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation will be conducting class — on how to run for office.

The federation’s Campaign School seminar will be held Oct. 24 and 25 in Lincoln. It’s designed for candidates for public office, their families, campaign teams and others who may one day be interested in seeking elected public office.

The Farm Bureau Federation’s website says the program was developed by the American Farm Bureau Federation with input from political consultants and staff from the Republican and Democratic parties.

The cost is $200 for candidates and $25 for each additional member of the candidate’s family or campaign team.

More information can be found by contacting Jessica Kolterman, director of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation’s political action committee, at 402.641.8471 or jessicak@nefb.org.