OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have made an arrest in the deadly shooting of a man last spring.
Police say 25-year-old William Bush was arrested on Wednesday for first-degree murder, use of a gun to commit a felony and felon in possession of a firearm.
Bush is suspected of killing 30-year-old Kyle McCroy, of Omaha, on March 28.
Bush’s case is not listed on the state’s online court system, and it’s unclear if he has an attorney.
YORK, Neb. (AP) — York police are looking for some tire thieves
The culprits are targeting tires on parked semitrailers. Five reports came in
Monday morning, starting at 4:30 a.m. as the thefts were discovered.
Police say the rigs were all parked in a lot own by a truck dealership, Sahling Kenworth. Police Chief Don Klug says it’s not clear when the tires were stolen, but he thinks it was sometime over the weekend.
Klug says it’s an expensive caper. Each tires costs $400 to $500. He says in one case, four tires were stolen from one semi.
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska judge has convicted a man of motor vehicular homicide in the death of a passenger.
Nineteen-year-old Bryan Bloom, of Henry, was accused in a June 2011 accident near the Wyoming-Nebraska state line that killed 18-year-old Johrdan Stone. He died after he stuck his head out of the window of a van Bloom was driving and was hit by a temporary road sign in a construction zone.
A judge found Bloom guilty on Tuesday following a bench trial last week. Sentencing is Sept. 14.
Bloom was also charged with manslaughter, but the judge dismissed that charge.
Prosecutors say Bloom was driving drunk and ran off the road in the construction zone. The defense says the sign was improperly placed in an unsafe location which caused Stone’s death.
SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — A western Nebraska judge has ruled that a 47-year-old is now mentally competent to face a murder charge in court.
Judge Derek Weimer on Tuesday said Craig Johnson will stand trial in the slaying of 42-year-old April Smith. Johnson is charged with second-degree murder, accused of killing Smith in December at the home they shared eight miles west of Sidney.
Johnson has pleaded not guilty.
Weimer ruled in March that Johnson was incompetent to stand trial and sent him to Lincoln for treatment.
The newspaper says Weimer made his new ruling after reading an evaluation that said Johnson’s competency had been restored.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Environmental groups are claiming victory in a federal decision that prevents a University of Nebraska biologist from using his research permit to help clear the way for the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared this month that professor Wyatt Hoback can only remove American burying beetles from their habitat for research purposes — not to clear a path for development projects.
Last year, the agency allowed pipeline developer TransCanada to mow prairie vegetation through the Nebraska Sandhills, and let Hoback remove beetles out of the pipeline’s proposed path. Environmental groups sued, saying the pipeline hadn’t yet been approved.
A spokesman for one of the groups, the Center for Biological Diversity, says the decision could delay construction. The decision requires TransCanada to seek a separate permit.
(KANSAS)-At a Wal-mart in Kansas all seemed normal until a couple entered the building and began to engage in a very primal act.
Julian Call age 22 and Tina Gianakon age 35 grabbed a sexual lubricant called K-Y Jelly from the shelf and began to test it out. Officers were told by witnesses that the pair had been openly fondling each other in-front of the many people shopping at the Hutchinson, KS Wal-Mart.
In addition court complaints accuse the two of engaging “in sexual intercourse or sodomy with any person or animal with knowledge or reasonable anticipation that the participants are being viewed by another.”
The two “love bugs” were arrested on theft of the product, and lewd and lascivious behavior.
Also the two were completely sober.
(OMAHA) The Nebraska Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has awarded the University of Nebraska Medical Center a $65,000 grant that will train 10 to 15 more advocates to help women get appropriate early detection, treatment and follow-up breast cancer services.
The Community Breast Health Navigator and Cancer Support Program is designed to provide support for women being evaluated for, or 
undergoing diagnosis and treatment for, breast cancer at any hospital or clinic. Women trained as volunteer navigators can accompany women to appointments in Douglas County before proceeding with diagnostic or treatment recommendations.
The program is looking for women dealing with breast cancer who could benefit from the free program, as well as those who wish to be volunteer navigators.
Navigators serve as a second set of ears for patients and advise them on the best approaches they have learned are needed to obtain breast care that matches best practice national guidelines.
Last year, Komen funded a grant for $56,518, which trained 11 women. The program is the only one of its kind in the nation, said Edibaldo Silva, M.D., Ph.D., UNMC surgical oncologist and director of the navigator program.
“This program is unique in the nation. We are training navigators to recognize the best approaches to treating breast cancer,” Dr. Silva said. “It’s like bringing a family member or friend along to an appointment except the advocate is trained.
“Last year we had an overwhelming response from women in the community who stepped forward to be volunteer advocates. Now we want to train more. The program originally addressed disparities in African-American and Hispanic communities. It soon became clear that the issue of variation from best practice patterns is prevalent in all women.”
Co-directors of the grant, Phyllis Nsiah-Kumi, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine, and Jackie Hill, a nurse practitioner in the UNMC College of Public Health and breast cancer survivor, said the grant also helps improve the health literacy of patients — the ability to understand health-related information and make informed decisions.
Navigators complete a rigorous training course that focuses on breast cancer care guidelines supported by the latest medical research and recommended by national experts, as well as how to effectively communicate with patients and health providers.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An eastern Nebraska man has been given four years in prison for sexually assaulting on a drunken 17-year-old.
Federal prosecutors say Gabriel Rice, of Winnebago, must serve five years of supervised release when he leaves prison and pay restitution of more than $1,000.
Prosecutors say Rice had been drinking with the teenager at a friend’s house on Nov. 26 last year and had sex with the teen while the teen was passed out.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale has approved a proposal to open more than two dozen polling places in the Omaha area ahead of the November general election.
The proposal to open another 27 polling places and 30 more precincts was submitted to Gale last month by Douglas County Election Commissioner Dave Phipps. Phipps created a firestorm of controversy by closing dozens of polling places and nearly half the county’s precincts earlier this year before the May primary in an effort to save money.
Critics charged that the changes would make it difficult for the poorest residents to vote.
On Tuesday, Gale called the new proposal opening more polling places and precincts “a commendable and thoughtful proposal.”
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nine people have applied for an open judgeship on the Nebraska’s workers’ compensation court.
The state Judicial Nominating Commission will hold a public hearing on the applicants Aug. 20 at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. Commission members will review all applicants for the office and take testimony from the public.
The applicants are Hobert B. Rupe, Shirley K. Williams and Anne E. Winner of Lincoln; and William J. Birkel, Dirk V. Block, Matthew J. Buckley, Steven S. Chase, Daniel R. Fridrich and Julie A. Martin of Omaha.
The vacancy is due to the resignation of Judge Ronald L. Brown.
