Sheriff protests classification of returning sex offender (Curry Coastal Pilot)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:02:47 GMT
After serving a 23-year prison term for kidnapping a 17-year-old girl at knife-point, former Curry County resident and convicted sex offender Gary Douglas Caughey is being released Friday and scheduled to return to the South Coast on Friday. Curry County Sheriff John Bishop isn’t happy with at least one condition of Caughey’s release – that he’s classified as a sex offender, not a predatory sex ...
Boy, 6, hit, breaks leg (Omaha World-Herald)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:02:31 GMT
A 6-year-old boy suffered a broken leg Tuesday afternoon when he was hit by a sport utility vehicle near 40th and Spaulding Streets, Omaha police said.
Nominees sought for Gary Scharf Helping Hand Award (North Platte Bulletin)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:09:49 GMT
A memorial to a victim of an Omaha mall shooting continues to give to others. For the second year, members of the Nebraska FFA Foundation are seeking nominations of high school agricultural educators/FFA advisors for the “Gary Scharf Helping Hand Award.”
Boy, 10, Cited For Pot Possession In School (KETV 7 Omaha)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:19:34 GMT
Since last week, Omaha police have cited at least five students for possession of marijuana. The latest incident involved a 10-year-old boy at Howard Kennedy Elementary School near 30th and Maple streets.
California Woman Sentenced for Stealing from Omaha Mom (KOLN Lincoln)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:13:02 GMT
A 60-year-old California woman who had stolen money from her elderly mother in Omaha has been sentenced to prison.
Calif. woman sentenced for stealing from Neb. mom (The Washington DC Examiner)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:30:08 GMT
OMAHA, NEB. — A 60-year-old California woman who had stolen money from her elderly mother in Omaha has been sentenced to prison. The office of Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning says Annigje "Ann" Perkins was given 16-to-20 months in prison for taking more than $43,000 from her mother.
Truancy bill advances (Omaha World-Herald)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:17:41 GMT
The “critical point” in stopping kids from joining gangs and engaging in violent shootings is to keep them in school, says State Sen. Brad Ashford of Omaha.
Nebraska lawmakers begin juvenile-justice reform (Lincoln Journal Star)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:41:49 GMT
The juvenile justice system would become a more rehabilitativeand less punitive system for the state's youth with a bill thatadvanced Monday to second reading.
Today in Nebraska-March (Westport News)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:50:15 GMT
1855 - Brownville was incorporated. 1867 - Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 37th state. 1855 - Territorial Legislature created Johnson and Otoe counties.
Omaha Central Tops Norfolk For Nebraska Class A Boys’ Title (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:27:39 GMT
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Akoy Agau had 18 points, 15 rebounds and nine shot blocks Saturday and Omaha Central returned to the top of Class A basketball with a 71-58 victory over Norfolk in the state championship game Saturday night.
