Motorists traveling to and from the remaining three Husker home football games can expect to see an increased Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) presence.

Troopers and Communication Specialists with NSP Headquarters Troop-Lincoln and Troop A-Omaha will work overtime hours during Husker games on Oct. 27, Nov. 10 & Nov. 17, thanks in part to a $6,570 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety (NOHS). The Nebraska State Patrol Aviation Support Division will provide traffic reports both before and after the games.

Heavy traffic can mean congestion and delays. Motorists are reminded to give themselves plenty of time to reach their destination, obey the posted speed limit, always wear their seat belt and never drive impaired or distracted.

Numerous highway improvement projects continue across the state. Game day travelers  are reminded they could encounter slow downs on westbound I-80  near the Aurora Exit as bridge construction continues to reduce traffic to one lane. Motorists wanting to check their route can do some by dialing 511, the state’s advanced traveler information system or logging onto www.511.nebraska.gov

Anyone who observes a reckless or impaired driver, or anyone in need of on-emergency roadside assistance should call the NSP Highway Helpline when safe to do so at (star) *55 from their cellular phone or 1-800-525-5555 from any landline.

A third man has been has been arrested in the slaying of a 16-year-old boy and wounding of a 16-year-old girl in Omaha.

Police arrested 24-year-old Adam Gamble on Monday. Gamble, 22-year-old Joshua Vanackeren and 26-year-old Matthew Saunsoci face murder and weapons charges.

The shootings occurred in northeast Omaha shortly before 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say Montrell Wiseman died at the scene and that Desjuha Wilkinson was taken to Creighton University Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Gamble, Vanackeren and Saunsoci are being held in Douglas County Jail. Online court records don’t list the names of their attorneys.

Police have arrested three people in connection with a fatal shooting outside a west Omaha nightclub last month.

Police announced the arrests in the death of 24-year-old Delayno Wright at a news conference Tuesday. Wright died after he was shot outside the Halo Ultra Lounge on Sept. 3.

Police say 24-year-old Avery Tyler, of Omaha, has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and using a weapon to commit a felony.

Two others — 28-year-old Romesha Fountain and 20-year-old Jelani Johnson — are suspected of helping Tyler with the shooting.

A Lincoln man who pleaded guilty to tampering with a witness has been sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison.

The Lincoln Journal Star says Paul Glaze was sentenced as a habitual offender on Tuesday in Lancaster County.

Glaze was arrested in April for domestic assault involving a woman. After his arrest, police say Glaze called the woman from jail and told her she would have to disappear. Jailers recorded the phone calls.

Glaze pleaded guilty in September. In exchange, domestic assault and resisting arrest charges were dropped.

Because he’s a habitual criminal, Glaze won’t be eligible for parole for about 12 years.

An Omaha couple have claimed their $1 million Powerball lottery prize.

The Nebraska Lottery says Guy and Marcella Stoller went to the lottery headquarters in Lincoln on Monday to turn over the ticket he’d bought at an Omaha Bag ‘N Save store near 90th and Maple streets.

The ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball number during the drawing Saturday night. The numbers were 4, 21, 28, 31, 44 and Powerball 10.

Marcella Stoller told lottery officials that her husband bought the ticket for her as a surprise.

Their plans for the prize are still up in the air, but they say part of it might be earmarked for their grandchildren’s education.

A Douglas County sheriff’s detective is working to bring some good from an accident that killed a Nebraska man in November 2010.

Twenty-three-year-old Zachary Harrison, formerly of Hutchinson, is serving nearly seven years in prison for stealing a truck on the University of Kansas campus and later rear-ending a car 21-year-old Cameron Freeman was riding in. Freeman, of Lincoln, Neb., died in the crash on U.S. 59.

In response, Freeman’s parents started the Cameron Effect, a Web-based effort that asks people to commit seven acts of kindness.

Detective Jay Armbrister responded to the Freemans’ efforts by giving presentations about the accident to try and prevent similar tragedies. The Lawrence Journal-World reports  he’s also befriended Harrison, who will join in the speeches when he’s released from prison.

An Iowa man will face federal charges in a bank robbery, now that Nebraska is dropping its case.

The Sioux City Journal says 67-year-old Max Lafferty, of Sioux City, Iowa, was indicted last week in U.S. District Court in Omaha.

Dakota County Attorney Kim Watson filed a motion Friday to dismiss the Nebraska case against Lafferty.

Lafferty is accused of robbing a Bank of the West branch in South Sioux City on Sept. 11. Police say he flashed a steak knife when he demanded cash from a bank worker and left the building with about $1,500. He was arrested about a block away.

A Dakota County jailer said Monday that Lafferty has been turned over to federal marshals. Online court records don’t list the name of Lafferty’s attorney.

A Powerball lottery ticket worth $1 million has been sold at an Omaha grocery store.

The Nebraska Lottery says the ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball number during the drawing Saturday night. The numbers were 4, 21, 28, 31, 44 and Powerball 10.

The winning ticket was sold at a Bag ‘N Save near 90th and Maple streets in northwest Omaha.

The winner has not stepped forward to claim the prize.

A 37-year-old Bellevue man had made a deal with prosecutors and admitted fatally shooting his stepdaughter on the front porch of her mother’s home.

In Sarpy County District Court in Papillion on Monday, Michael Williams pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after prosecutors dropped a weapons charge.

Prosecutors say Williams gunned down 21-year-old Michala Pomfret on April 10. She died two days later.

Williams’ attorney say Williams tried to kill himself within days of shooting Pomfret.

Williams is scheduled for sentencing on Jan. 14.

He will be sentenced in January.

The Nebraska Public Power District wants to know whether more hydroelectricity can be economically developed and delivered in the state.

The Columbus Telegram reports that NPPD has made a $150,000 contract with Colorado-based Applegate Group to evaluate the potential at existing plants and new sites. The study is expected to be finished in April.

Brian Barels is NPPD’s water resources manager. He says the time is right for the study because federal licensing requirements on the renewable energy are being eased and there are new ways to generate power from water.

NPPD owns hydropower plants near Spencer, North Platte and Kearney and buys electricity from other hydropower plants.

The utility delivers power, wholesale or retail, to nearly 1.1 million people in Nebraska.