LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says
the state’s squirrel hunting season opens Aug. 1 and runs through Jan. 31.  The daily bag limit is seven squirrels, and the possession limit is 28.  The commission experts say squirrels dine primarily on the nuts of oaks, hickories and walnuts. They eat other nuts and fruit when preferred foods are not available.  Hunting permits can be bought online at OutdoorNebraska.org.

MAYWOOD, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska Army National Guard sergeant who died in Afghanistan will be laid to rest this week.  A funeral service for 28-year-old Omar Jones, of Maywood, is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell.  The guard says Maxwell died of a noncombat injury last Monday at a base in Balkh Province. His death is under investigation by military officials.  Jones was an electrician assigned to the 623rd Engineer Company in Wahoo.  The guard says Jones was born in Jackson, Miss., and enlisted in the Army in 2001. After his active tour duty, he joined the Nebraska National Guard in 2005.  Jones is survived by his wife, Ava, and two children.

No injuries were reported after a shooting early Saturday morning near the corner of 8^th and Bryan in North Platte.  Police responded to the scene around 1:40 a.m. to find two cars damaged apparently due to a shotgun blast.  The incident was reported to have been the result of a conflict which began earlier in the evening at a local bar.  An investigation continues.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – An Omaha man has been sentenced to five years
in prison for receiving and distributing child pornography.
U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg (GIHLJ) announced in a statement
Thursday that 37-year-old Matthew J. Campbell will also serve five
years of supervised release once his prison term ends.
Gilg’s office says authorities discovered Campbell’s activities
in January 2010, during an investigation into child pornography
distributed over the Internet through file-sharing programs.
Investigators searched Campbell’s home in June 2010 and found 21
videos and 28 images of child pornography. Authorities say the
videos and images showed prepubescent children, including
depictions of bondage.
The case was investigated by the Omaha FBI’s Cyber Crime Task
Force, a team of 11 federal, state and local agencies. Campbell’s
activities were discovered by the Nebraska State Patrol.

FAIRBURY, Neb. (AP) – Trial has been delayed for 54-year-old
Susan DeJong, a Jefferson County woman accused of
murdering her husband.
Prosecutors had asked for the continuance Thursday afternoon
because evidence is still being processed by a crime lab. Jefferson
County Attorney Linda Bauer says she’s concerned that the evidence
wouldn’t be returned to her office until too near the original
trial date of Aug. 29.
The new trial date is Sept. 19.
DeJong has pleaded not guilty in the beating death of
52-year-old Thomas DeJong, formerly of Alexandria, S.D.
Rescue squad members called to the DeJong residence west of
Fairbury on March 11 found Thomas DeJong, who was severely beaten
on the head, torso and limbs. He was pronounced dead later at a
Lincoln hospital.