A Wednesday evening traffic stop on Interstate 80 just west of the Grand Island interchange led to the seizure of nearly 53 pounds of marijuana and the arrest of a California man. Just before 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, a trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol stopped an eastbound 2012 Mitsubishi Galant for driving on the shoulder, [...]
A Sergeant with the Lincoln Police Department has been found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigator’s with the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office believe that 53-year-old Tom Hamm killed himself Tuesday night. Lincoln Police say a Lancaster County Deputy found Hamm in a wooded area east of Stagecoach Lake near Hickman at around 10:20 [...]
A former elementary school teacher who was on the FBI’s list of most wanted fugitives is due in federal court on a child pornography charge. Eric Justin Toth is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday afternoon in Washington. He was arrested in Nicaragua last month after five years on the run. The FBI last year [...]
Reducing the potential for serious injury and fatality crashes is the goal of the Nebraska State Patrol’s (NSP) “100 Days of Summer” enforcement initiative. The special initiative designed to promote voluntary compliance with all traffic safety laws will run from Memorial Day through Labor Day. In its sixth year, the “100 Days of summer” initiative [...]
When travelers hit the road for Memorial Day weekend, they should be careful when crossing railroad tracks. It can take more than a mile for a train to stop, and when a train collides with a vehicle there can be disastrous consequences for the vehicle’s occupants. Union Pacific’s public safety director Dale Bray says by [...]
House Republicans have pushed through legislation to bypass the president to speed up approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. The bill was approved 241-175 largely along party lines. It’s unlikely to be taken up by the Democratic-controlled Senate. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign [...]
A Norfolk city councilman has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. Josh Moenning was arrested early Wednesday morning in Norfolk. Police say officers were called to the area for a report of a car parking in the middle of a street. When they arrived, the car, driven by Moenning, pulled over and parked illegally. [...]
A judge has given probation to a Lincoln woman who slapped a police officer while being escorted from the business from which she had been fired. 42-year-old Anita Cobb was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months’ probation. Court records say Cobb was fired from her job as a personnel director on Aug. 27, but sat at [...]
After dropping a three-game series to the Michigan Wolverines (29-26) last week at Hawks Field, the Nebraska baseball team (26-28) responded with a 11-2 win on Wednesday afternoon over the Wolverines at Target Field in Nebraska’s first game of the 2013 Big Ten Tournament. Sophomore Kyle Kubat dealt 7.0 innings on one-hit ball, while Blake Headley, Pat [...]
A 20-year-old Gering man has been charged with first-degree sexual assault of a minor after police say he sent lewd messages to young teenage girls. Anthony Stricker also has been charged with two counts of enticement by electronic communication. The Nebraska State Patrol says Stricker sent text messages to several young teens in March and [...]