(AP) — A proposed reservoir in southeast Nebraska is running into opposition from residents.

About 100 people packed a meeting Thursday night in Davenport, about 35 miles southeast of Hastings, to learn more about the proposed 620 acre reservoir in northwest Thayer County.

The Little Blue Natural Resources District Board of Directors authorized an evaluation of the project, originally proposed more than 30 years ago.

Much of the audience was skeptical of the project, outlined by FYRA Engineering of Omaha.

Loma Grone, who would lose land if the reservoir were built, says the project would consume valuable farmland.

Although flood control is a main purpose for the reservoir, others noted the area hasn’t flooded for decades.

Board members will discuss the project at a June 25 meeting.

 

(AP) — A former student who posed naked on a Lincoln Catholic high school campus has been cited by Lincoln police for trespassing and public nudity.

Nineteen-year-old Valerie Dodds struck various poses on the football field at Lincoln Piux X early one morning last month. The photos were posted on her website.

Dodds said on her site that the photo shoot was revenge against students and teachers who gave Dodds grief when she shared her plans for a career in porn.

She returned and stood in front of the school on Tuesday, wearing only panties and pasties. That brief attire kept her on the lawful side of the city’s ordinance covering public nudity.

(AP) — A 20-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash near Branched Oak Lake northwest of Lincoln.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched just after 11 p.m. Thursday. The crash occurred just south of the entrance to the lake area, which sits west of Raymond.

Officials say Jesse Osmon, of Alvo, lost control of his motorcycle. It ran off the road and struck a cable guardrail system.

Osmon was pronounced dead at the scene.

(AP) — A Lincoln man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for repeatedly trying to buy an ingredient found in some cold medicines to make methamphetamine.

U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg announced Thursday that 50-year-old Grady Gartman will serve his sentence followed by three years of supervised release.

Gartman pleaded guilty in March to possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine.

Prosecutors say Gartman bought or attempted to buy pseudoephedrine hydrochloride more than 180 times for a total of nearly 400 grams of pseudoephedrine. On more than 40 occasions, he visited more than one pharmacy on the same day to buy the ingredient.

(AP) — Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables could be getting a boost from Washington.

Republican New York Congressman Peter King introduced legislation Thursday that would rescue online gambling from a legal gray zone and fully regulate it.

The federal government cracked down on online poker in 2011. But the same year, the Justice Department issued a ruling making online gambling legal so long as it’s permitted on the state level.

As a result, states have taken steps to usher in a new era of online gambling. It already is legal in Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware.

King says his bill would allow states and players to navigate the world of online betting with confidence. The measure is called the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act of 2013.

(AP) — Nebraska officials have suspended a Blair child care provider’s license following felony abuse charges.

The state Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that 61-year-old Kathy Matzen can’t provide for any children other than her own until charges against her and her son, 42-year-old Travis Matzen, are resolved.

Kathy Matzen is charged with two counts of felony child abuse. Travis Matzen is charged with misdemeanor child abuse.

Authorities say Kathy Matzen struck a 4-year-old boy on his hand with a knife. She says she slapped the boy with her own hand.

Travis Matzen is accused of shaving the boy’s head. He says he was trying to eliminate head lice.

A message left for Kathy Matzen was not returned Thursday. A number for Travis Matzen appeared to be disconnected.

(AP) — Police say an emotionally disturbed man is in custody after he tried to slit his wrists outside NBC’s “Today” show in New York City.

It happened at 7:50 a.m. Thursday outside the “Today” studio in Rockefeller Center.

Police say the man, who appeared to be in his 50s, was in the crowd outside the broadcast.

“Today” show host Matt Lauer tweeted: “Sorry, a man attempted to harm himself with a knife.” He also explained the situation to viewers.

The man was taken into custody as an emotionally disturbed person.

His physical injuries were not life-threatening. His mental condition is being evaluated at a hospital.

(AP) — The search-and-rescue operation at a deadly building collapse in Philadelphia has been halted for the moment.

After working through the night, firefighters and rescue workers remain at the scene Thursday morning but are not actively combing through debris.

Authorities have not officially ended the search, but the sense of urgency has subsided since the last victim, a 61-year-old woman, was rescued from the rubble nearly 13 hours after the collapse.

A building under demolition crashed onto a neighboring thrift store late Wednesday morning, killing six people. Fourteen-people were injured, including the 61-year-old woman, who is hospitalized in critical condition.

(AP) — A federal judge has temporarily allowed a dying 10-year-old girl to move up the adult waiting list for a lung transplant, though an expert has questioned the decision on medical and ethical grounds.

U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson Wednesday suspended an age factor in the nation’s transplant rules for 10 days for Sarah Murnaghan, who is hospitalized with end-stage cystic fibrosis.

Organ transplant rules that say children under age 12 must wait for pediatric lungs to become available, or wait at the end of the adult list, which includes adults who aren’t as critically ill.

New York University bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan says lung transplants are the most difficult of organ transplants, and children fare worse than adults, which is one reason for the existing policy. He says it’s troubling for a judge to overrule this medical judgment.

(AP) — A Lincoln man convicted of theft has been ordered to pay the Department of Veterans Affairs more than $124,000 in restitution.

Court records say 48-year-old George Strandness Jr. was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge John Gerrard, who gave Strandness five years of probation as well.

Strandness had pleaded guilty to a count of theft after federal prosecutors dismissed 10 other counts.

Investigators say Strandness began receiving Veterans Affairs Dependency and Indemnity Compensation payments after his wife, a veteran, died in 1996. He remarried in 2001 but didn’t tell the Veterans Affairs Department. The marriage would have affected the benefit payments.