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.

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Plattsmouth Middle School has been awarded $114,000 in federal money to open a before- and after-school program.

The Nebraska Department of Education says seven other schools have also been given federal grants to continue their community learning centers, which are designed to improve learning and foster family and community engagement in schools. Combined, they’ll get about $325,000.

Those schools include Cozad Elementary School, Chadron Primary School, Lexington Middle School and four Lincoln schools: Belmont Elementary, Brownell Elementary, Prescott Elementary and Culler Middle School.

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Cameras are being installed along the Platte River to capture changes in the river basin.
The 45 digital cameras are being installed this spring at fixed locations. The cameras will snap one photo each hour of daylight for the duration of the project. They’ll capture how natural and man-made events affect the river’s flow.
The goal is to create a time-lapse series of the Platte. Organizers say it’ll help people understand how the river impacts agriculture, recreation, wildlife and communities.
The team overseeing the project has not yet decided how long the project will last, but they say they hope it will continue for a few decades.
The Platte River basin stretches across parts of Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.

 

(Alma, Neb.)- The Nebraska State Patrol Troop D Headquarters- North Platte is investigating the death of Harlan County Chief Deputy Sheriff Kevin Einspahr, 56, Alma.

Chief Deputy Einspahr died Friday morning, May 4, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

No other details are available at this time.

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska State Patrol and the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office say nearly 5,400 pounds of medication was collected statewide on Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration says this past Saturday’s event gave people a chance to help prevent pill abuse and theft by getting rid of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted medications.
Federal authorities say that since 2000, more than half of the nation’s poisoning death victims between the ages of 15 to 19 have overdosed on prescription drugs.