JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – Less than a week after a tornado wiped a big chunk of Joplin off the map, the city is beginning to shift its focus toward the next challenge: rising from the ruins. And the town that gained fame as a stop along Route 66 can use the road maps drawn by other storm-savaged communities that have endured the same long journey. Not far from Joplin, tiny Pierce City and Stockton rebuilt piece by piece after tornadoes in 2004 reduced much of them to rubble. Greensburg, Kan., did the same, starting over after a 2007 twister leveled the town. Those towns didn’t face the same scale of death and decimationas Joplin, and their rebirths took years of hard work. But they offer hope that comebacks are possible.
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47 Year Old Crete Man Convicted on Child Porn Charges
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A 47-year-old Crete man has been given six years in prison for possessing child pornography. The U.S. attorney’s office in Omaha said in a news release that Jay Stinson had pleaded guilty on March 1. He was sentenced on Wednesday. Stinson must also serve five years of supervised release after he leaves prison. Court documents say Stinson received child pornography between October 2008 and June 2010, at which time he was also in possession of sexually explicit material. His computers contained more than 1,000 digital images and videos containing child pornography.
Convict flees justice.. Busted 8 years later
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) – A man who fled Columbus eight years ago before sentencing on a drunken-driving charge and prosecution for an assault has been given 18 months for those crimes. Court records say 51-year-old David Bowerman was given a year for the 2002 DUI and 180 days for the 2003 assault. Bowerman had been convicted of the DUI before fleeing Nebraska. Since his capture last month, he pleaded no contest to the assault. Bowerman was captured after he got off a train in Holdrege, having traveled from California to help his son move. A Holdrege officer helped Bowerman at the station on April 15. The officer checked Bowerman with a national crime clearing house and learned that Bowerman was sought in Platte and Dodge counties.
Drowning of 62 year old woman in Omaha ruled accidental
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Officials say the woman whose body was found floating in a private lake in central Omaha had drowned accidentally. Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine, in his capacity as county coroner, said Thursday that the body of 62-year-old Mary LaPuzza showed no trauma. He said lab tests showed no signs of drugs oralcohol. The body was found early May 2 near the shore of Regency Lake. It was clad in running clothes.
Can’t we all just get a bong? Congressman in Colorado looks for tax deductions on “pot related items”
DENVER (AP) – Bongs and rolling paper a tax-deductible business expense? A Colorado congressman has introduced legislation allowing marijuana-related businesses to claim deductions. Congressman Jared Polis says medical marijuana dispensaries should be allowed thesame sort of federal tax deductions as other small businesses. Medical marijuana is legal in Colorado. But the IRS doesn’t allowpot-related deductions because weed still violates federal law.
Can't we all just get a bong? Congressman in Colorado looks for tax deductions on "pot related items"
DENVER (AP) – Bongs and rolling paper a tax-deductible business expense? A Colorado congressman has introduced legislation allowing marijuana-related businesses to claim deductions. Congressman Jared Polis says medical marijuana dispensaries should be allowed thesame sort of federal tax deductions as other small businesses. Medical marijuana is legal in Colorado. But the IRS doesn’t allowpot-related deductions because weed still violates federal law.
Suspect in Neb. killing waives extradition in Wyo.
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) – A suspect in a fatal shooting in the Nebraska Panhandle has waived extradition from Wyoming.
Twenty-6-year-old Daniel Morgan, of Scottsbluff, appeared Friday in Goshen County Circuit Court in Torrington, Wyo. He was arrested there a few hours after the May 13 shooting in Scottsbluff.
Morgan is charged with first-degree murder and use of a weapon in the death of 33-year-old Dominic Marquez. Marquez was found in his truck, which had several bullet holes in the windshield and came to rest abutting his home.
A police affidavit indicated the two men were involved in a custody dispute over a child Marquez had with Morgan’s girlfriend.
Morgan is expected to appear in Scotts Bluff County Court on Monday. He does not yet have an attorney in Nebraska.
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