SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) – An employee at the Goodwill Store in Scottsbluff is getting some good will in return. KDUH-TV in Scottsbluff says the employee was sorting donated clothes last weekend and discovered $2,000 in a jacket. Store Manager Stephanie Quick says the employee rushed into Quick’s office and turned in the money. Quick says it was added to the daily sales, which goes back to the community to help the disabled with housing and job training. Quick says the employee, who doesn’t want to be identified, will be honored for her integrity. KDUH-TV says it’s one of the largest cash-finds for Goodwill Stores in the region. The largest so far was $4,000 hidden in a donated shoe.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say the driver of a minivan died in a fiery collision with semitrailer that closed a highway for several hours near Grand Island. The accident happened early Thursday on U.S. Highway 30 just east of Alda. The Hall County sheriff’s’ office says the eastbound minivan, driven by 30-year-old James Lual of Wood River, collided with the westbound truck, which burst into flames, around 4:40 a.m. Authorities say minutes before the crash, a motorist called 911 and reported the minivan was traveling on the wrong side of the road. A deputy who was in the area discovered the accident. Lual died the scene. The truck driver wasn’t injured. The accident closed the highway for about 6 hours.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The Air Force is discharging a Nebraska man who refused to report to duty in Germany  earlier this month because he doubts President Barack Obama’s citizenship.
Staff Sgt. Daryn Moran became a hero of the so-called birther movement by sharing his views on websites of groups that believe Obama is not eligible to serve as president. However, other things contributed to the 41-year-old Moran’s discharge, including comments he made about Obama’s decision to allow gays to serve openly in the military. Moran says he’s receiving an honorable discharge, but the Air Force on Wednesday
would confirm only that he’s being discharged. Obama released a copy of his detailed birth certificate from Hawaii in April. But many birthers contend the document must be a fake.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Funeral services are scheduled for a Nebraska Army National Guard soldier who died aboard a downed helicopter in Afghanistan.
Thirty-year-old Sgt. Patrick Hamburger was among 30 Americans and eight Afghans who died Aug. 6 when a rocket-propelled grenade fired by a Taliban insurgent downed their Chinook helicopter enroute to a combat mission. Wyuka Funeral Home and Cemetery in Lincoln says Hamburger’s funeral will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Christ’s Place Church in Lincoln. Burial will be at Wyuka Cemetery. Hamburger was a flight engineer with the National Guard’s Company B, 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation unit based in Grand Island. He grew up in Lincoln and had been a member of the National Guard since 1998. He was in Afghanistan less than two weeks before his death.