LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A pickup driver was able to escape after his pickup plunged into a pond in south Lincoln.
The accident occurred a little before 9 p.m. Sunday near South 56th Street and Pine Lake Road.
Police say the northbound pickup went out of control and slid off the roadway. The pickup hit a tree that broke the driver’s side window before running onto the pond and through the ice. The driver escaped through the broken window.
CHICAGO (AP) — A 2-year-old Chicago girl’s death from a dog attack over the weekend has been ruled a homicide by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office says an autopsy determined Jah’niyah White died Saturday from injuries suffered in a dog attack at her grandfather’s home.
Jah’niyah was pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m. Saturday at Jackson Park Hospital.
Chicago Police detectives are conducting a death investigation, and state child welfare officials are conducting their own investigation of allegations of abuse.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The City of Omaha has reached a tentative agreement on a two-year contract with the union representing Police Chief Todd Schmaderer and four deputy chiefs.
Mayor Jean Stothert’s office said in a release Wednesday that the negotiations focused on salaries. The exact amounts weren’t immediately available, but Stothert said the annual cost of the salary increases for the management team is about $22,000.
Other details of the agreement include changes to some pension benefits and a change to the period required to achieve top salary.
The City Council must approve the agreement. A public hearing is scheduled Dec. 17, and a final vote will be held Jan. 7.
(AP) — Gov. Dave Heineman has named Twyla Hansen of Lincoln as the Nebraska State Poet.
The 64-year-old Hansen will be the first female to hold the title. She was recommended by a 5-member selection committee coordinated by the Nebraska Arts Council, Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Library Commission.
Hansen has received numerous awards for her poetry, including the High Plains Book Award and the WILLA Literary Award. She has twice won the Nebraska Book Award.
She also has participated in poetry workshops and readings, and is a member of the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau.
Hansen will serve a 5-year term, from Dec. 1, 2013, through 2018.
Hansen is the third person to serve as Nebraska State Poet, a position created in 1921. The previous poets were John Neihardt and William Kloefkorn.
St. Patrick’s senior volleyball player Brittany Lawrence signed her national letter-of-intent on Wednesday to play college volleyball at Creighton University.
Lawrence led the Lady Irish to a 17-12 record this season. St. Pat’s earned the No. 1 seed in the sub-district tournament but lost to fourth-seeded Sutherland in the semifinals to end their season.
Lawrence had 358 kills this season to average nearly five kills a set at 4.7. She also had 241 blocks to average 3.2 blocks per set. Lawrence finished the year with 145 digs and 57 aces. Lawrence said she is excited to continue her volleyball career at a good academic institution.
“It feels great knowing that I am going to be able to continue playing volleyball throughout college and get a great education too,” Lawrence said.
Brittany appreciated the coaching she got at St. Pat’s from Lady Irish head coach, Shelly Byrn.
“I learned a lot of stuff like discipline and hard work from coach Byrn and she always had us work hard in practice and in the weight room,” Lawrence said. “That’s going to be something I’m going to carry over to college.”
Creighton is currently 18-6 this season and has been in and out of the national rankings. The Bluejays are 9-3 in the Big East with four regular season matches remaining before the conference tournament. Lawrence is looking forward to playing for such a quality program.
“They have a really good sports program and they work hard and all of their girls have that desire to win that I have, so it should be a pretty good fit,” Lawrence said.
(AP) — Amazon says it is teaming up with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages on Sundays.
The Seattle company says Sunday delivery will be available to customers in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas at first. Amazon and the Postal Service plan to roll out service to “a large portion of the U.S. population” next year, including Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and Phoenix.
Amazon expects Sunday delivery to be popular with members of its Prime service, which costs $79 a year and comes with free two-day shipping on many items on the site as well as access to Amazon’s TV and movie streaming service. But Sunday delivery will be available to all Amazon customers.
Shares of Amazon climbed $1.69 to $52 in morning trading.
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