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Lincoln woman with dozens of cats cited for similar incident in 2011

capital-humane-societyLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Court records show that a Lincoln woman who had nearly four dozen cats taken from her home earlier this week had been cited five years ago for keeping dozens of animals.

On Monday, authorities say they removed 44 live cats and at least two dead kittens from the 41-year-old woman’s house.

Court records show that in 2011, 86 animals — including cats, mice and other small animals — were removed from the woman’s house.

Capital Humane Society President Bob Downey says he hopes a judge will order to the woman to no longer have pets in her home.

A veterinarian who evaluated the cats pulled from the woman’s home this week says at least six have been diagnosed with feline leukemia.

Police: 2 arrested, 1 wanted in northeast Omaha homicide

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are looking for a third suspect after they arrested a 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman in connection with the death of a man in northeast Omaha.

Omaha police say Friday that a warrant has been issued for 22-year-old Ashley Bordeaux on first-degree murder and a weapons charge.

Eighteen-year-old Karina Rodriguez-Lopez and a teenage boy have been charged with first-degree murder. The boy is also charged with owning a gun unlawfully and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles charged with a crime. It wasn’t immediately clear if Rodriguez-Lopez has an attorney who can speak on her behalf.

Authorities say officers responded to a shooting report Monday and found the body of 18-year-old Gustavo Soto in a vacant lot.

Man dies after being shot by Omaha officer, police say

crime-scene-police-shootOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a man who was shot seven times by an officer in northwest Omaha has died.

Capt. Scott Gray says officers were responding to a call about a man with a knife a little before 9:45 a.m. Friday. The man was later identified as 31-year-old Joshua Beebee.

Police say officers chased Beebee through an open field and one officer drove his cruiser through the field to cut off Beebee’s path.

As the officer was getting out of his car, Beebee charged toward him with a knife in his hand.

Police say the officer fired his gun seven times in close range to the man.

Beebee was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he later died. No officers were injured.

The incident is under investigation.

Man wounded by officer in Omaha chase, police say

officer-involved-shootingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say an officer has wounded a man during a chase in northwest Omaha.

Capt. Scott Gray says officers were responding to a call about a man with a knife a little before 9:45 a.m. Friday when they found the man. Gray says officers chased the man and then struggled with him. Gray says an officer then fired. No officers were injured.

The man was taken to an Omaha hospital. His name hasn’t been released.

87-year-old man killed when pickup strikes riding mower, driver arrested

douglas-county-sheriffOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An 87-year-old man has died after a pickup struck him and his riding mower in eastern Nebraska’s Douglas County.

The accident occurred around 6 p.m. Thursday on 261st Street, about a mile east of the Platte River. The Sheriff’s Office says the pickup was heading north when it hit the mower being driven on the road. The man on the mower was identified as 87-year-old Donald Fitzwater, who lived in the area. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 54-year-old woman driving the truck was taken into custody on suspicion of drunken driving.

Columbus man takes plea deal in carjacking

GavelCOLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A 32-year-old Columbus man accused of several crimes in a carjacking has taken a plea deal.

Eric Kluthe is scheduled to be sentenced June 17. Kluthe pleaded no contest to false imprisonment and guilty to a weapons charge after prosecutors lowered the weapons charge and dropped two related charges.

Prosecutors say Kluthe put a handgun to the head of a Norfolk man who was sleeping in his sport utility vehicle March 1 and forced the man to accompany him and another man to Columbus. The victim called authorities after being released in Columbus, and Kluthe was arrested after the stolen SUV was spotted at a convenience store. The man with Kluthe wasn’t arrested.

10 mumps cases reported at Midland University in Fremont

midland-universityFREMONT, Neb. (AP) — State authorities say 10 cases of mumps have been reported among students at Midland University in Fremont.

A state news release sent Friday says the Three Rivers Public Health Department received the initial reports and is working with state officials to investigate the cases. A health advisory had been sent to health care providers statewide, asking them to be watch for mumps cases and to contact local health departments.

The viral infections symptoms include swollen salivary glands, fever and muscle aches. It spreads easily in confined spaces. Pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems are at increased risk of complications.

Fire that destroyed Lincoln grocery store ruled an accident

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Fire officials say a fire that destroyed a longtime grocery store near downtown Lincoln has been ruled an accident.

Firetrucks were dispatched a little before 2:15 a.m. Thursday to Ideal Grocery on South 27th Street. Investigators say flames reached upward of 30 feet and some were still visible 2½ hours after the first alarm.

After getting the fire under control, firefighters remained on the scene for several additional hours to pour water on hot spots.

Officials say they believe the fire started in the store’s compressor room where Freon was pumped into coolers.

A portion of the store’s roof collapsed but no injuries were reported.

The store opened in 1920. Battalion Chief Jeremy Gegg told the Lincoln Journal Star that the building is a total loss.

Police release name of slain Omaha man

omaha-policeOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a wounded man who died at an Omaha hospital.

Omaha police identified the man as 55-year-old Terry Kelley.

Officers sent around 4:45 a.m. Thursday to investigate a shooting in northeast Omaha found Kelley. Police say he was taken to Nebraska Medical Center, where he died.

No arrests have been reported.

Omaha suburb of Bellevue is Nebraska’s fastest-growing city

city-of-bellevueBELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Census figures show that the Omaha suburb of Bellevue is Nebraska’s fastest-growing city.

New U.S. Census data shows that Bellevue added 738 residents to have 55,510 residents by July 1 2015. That made Bellevue the 249th fastest growing city nationwide out of cities with at least 50,000 people.

Lincoln was just behind Bellevue and ranked 264 on the national list. The state’s capital gained 3,443 people to have 277,348 residents.

Both Bellevue and Lincoln had a roughly 1.3 percent growth rate.

Grand Island gained 188 residents to have a population of 51,440 and rank 501st.

The state’s largest city of Omaha grew 1,569 to have 443,885 residents and rank 510th nationally.

Omaha and Grand Island both grew about 0.4 percent between 2014 and 2015.

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