Two People from the said Beatrice Six who were convicted in the killing of a Beatrice woman in 1985 are in trial over lawsuits because they were wrongfully convicted. DNA evidence exonerated them in 2009.

Ada Taylor and James Dean sued the state for $500,000 each. Their attorneys say they falsely confessed to the killing, state attorneys say the law excludes those who are convicted, or help other, through perjury.

The trial is expected to last nearly a week. The main concern is whether a false testimony will stop them from receiving compensation.

The abnormally dry season poses particular threats that Nebraskan farmers must take precautions for during the harvest season.

To help avoid accidental fires it’s recommended that farmers start up their combines and other machinery before the harvest to make sure everything runs smooth while checking for any worn parts that may cause a spark or warm up and fall off.

A few things farmers can do to prepare for a safe harvest season is to clean debris from the combine at regular intervals, as well as keeping a fire extinguisher available and nearby.

If a farmer smells smoke they should stop the combine immediately and check for fire or smoldering plants.

On Friday a shooting stabbing combo took place in Omaha taking the life of a young man, and injuring four others.

Authorities say the 18-year-old Gabriel Carrillo was taken to the hospital where he died from his wounds around 11pm Friday night. One other person was also taken to the hospital at the same time. Both were transported by a private vehicle.

When officers responded to the scene in eastern Omaha they found three others injured.

An 18-year-old Jacob Spencer was found in critical condition from a stab wound. Authorities also found a 20-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man with non life threatening injuries that were treated at the hospital.

Spencer’s condition has since stabilized.

No other details have been released.

The victims of the fatal crash that occurred in the eastern town of Blue Hill Wednesday will be laid to rest, three funerals have been set.

The semi driver killed in the crash 21-year-old Travis Witte will be remembered on Monday at 10am at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Hill. Funeral services for the bus driver Marla Wentworth are also set for Monday at 10am at the Revival Tabernacle Church in Red Cloud.

The 10-year old victim also the youngest Caroline Thallman will be laid to rest on Tuesday at 10am at the United Methodist Church in Blue Hill, as for the 18-year-old Dustin Tesdahl, services are pending.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

The University of Nebraska is thinking about returning to its past practice of providing a house for NU’s president to use.

The Board of Regents will discuss allowing the NU Foundation to buy a house for the president’s use at its meeting Friday. Donations would pay for the house.

The university already provides an annual housing allowance of $24,000 to J.B. Milliken. The chancellors at each campus receive similar amounts.

But the university used to provide a house to its president. That home burned down in 1996.

Regent Tim Clare says many universities provide homes for their presidents to use.

Clare says Milliken would likely use the home to entertain university guests.

The mother of a man killed in a fiery crash says her son was hauling hay bales for the family farm when the tractor-trailer he was driving collided with a school bus.

Penny Witte, of Blue Hill, confirmed that her son, 21-year-old Travis Witte, also of Blue Hill, died in the crash at a rural intersection around 5 p.m. Wednesday. The driver of the school bus and two children in the bus also died. Four other children were injured.

Penny Witte says her son “had a big heart,” and was engaged to be married.

Travis Witte participated in the 2008 American Legion Cornhusker Boys State, and his mother says that had given him a taste for public service. She says he had talked of seeking a Webster County commissioner’s seat.

On Tuesday a police officer from Ralston Nebraska was at the Southwest Iowa Law Enforcement Training Facility in Council Bluffs to do some training.

The officer was using a stun gun for an exercise when he shot himself in the hand with the device.

Council Bluffs Police Sgt. Greg Schultz says the officer fired his stun gun once and was trying to reload another cartridge into it when the stun gun discharged. A probe from the weapon stuck the officer’s left hand where the pinky meets the hand.

The officer’s name was not released. The officer lost feeling in his finger and was taken to a hospital.

Two more former employees at a Nebraska center for developmentally disabled adults will serve time behind bars for abusing residents.

Cody Creek, of Beatrice, was sentenced on Wednesday to eight months in the Gage County jail for attempted abuse of a vulnerable adult. Carmen Yates, also of Beatrice, was sentenced to six months in jail on the same charge.

They were among five workers fired and charged after an investigation at the Beatrice State Development Center in 2011. The investigation found at least seven residents were routinely abused.

In August, Cameron Barnes and Matthew Johnson were sentenced to up to eight years in prison on two counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult.

Matthew Pangborn, who was convicted of nine abuse charges, will be sentenced Oct. 3.

Lincoln officers are busy handing out tickets to businesses, homeowners, renters that all have ignored the city’s mandatory water restrictions.

More than 350 tickets have been given. A release from Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler says the restrictions have helped stabilize the city’s water supply. But he says the restrictions must continue as long as the drought continues and Platte River flows are low. He says the city must replenish the aquifer and ensure an adequate supply for next year.

The water restrictions in Lincoln have been in place since August 9^t. The low water levels of the Platte River is what sparked the temporary water restrictions.

The city of Lincoln used an average of 57 gallons of water a day in August, and so far as of September 5^th only 52 gallons a day were being used while 55 gallons a day is the goal.

A man who long served in the presidential campaign for Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election is travelling to his home town of Hastings to talk about what he describes as perks given to the president at taxpayers’ expense.

Robert Keith Gray claims the spending on presidential chefs, personal aids and other “perks” grow with every administration.

Gray will be speaking Friday at noon at the Gray Center for Communications Arts at Hastings College.

Gray is originally from Hastings and spend many years working as a Washington lobbyist and public relations specialist. Gray also served as a deputy director of the reason-Bush presidential campaign.