HEBRON, Neb. (AP) - A southeast Nebraska man accused of shooting two brothers - one fatally - has taken a plea deal in another case. Thayer County District Court records say 22-year-old Michael Lewis pleaded no contest last week to terroristic threats and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. Prosecutors dropped other counts in return for Lewis' pleas. His sentencing is set for Feb. 4. The shooting occurred Oct. 27, 2018, after Remington Elting, of Davenport, and his brother, Reuben Elting, also of Davenport, broke into Lewis' home in Hebron. Remington Elting died and Reuben Elting was hospitalized. Prosecutors determined the shooting was justified, but they subsequently filed charges stemming from a fight Lewis was involved in a day before the shooting. Prosecutors say he fired several handgun shots into the air and pointing the gun toward at least two other men at a residence in Davenport.

Man cleared in shooting takes deal in related case

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An 18-year-old has been imprisoned for his role in robbing a pharmacy in an Omaha suburb.

Prosecutors said Monday that Otis Brown III has been given eight years and a day in prison and must serve five years of supervised release after he leaves custody. He also was ordered to pay more than $61,000 in restitution. He'd pleaded guilty to robbery and a weapons charge.

Prosecutors say Brown and two accomplices robbed a CVS Pharmacy in Bellevue on Oct. 28 last year. One of them, Daewoo Robertson, has been sentenced to nine years in prison. The other, Billy Adell, is awaiting trial.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An 18-year-old has been imprisoned for his role in robbing a pharmacy in an Omaha suburb.Prosecutors said Monday that Otis Brown III has been given eight years and a day in prison and must serve five years of supervised release after he leaves custody. He also was ordered to pay more than $61,000 in restitution. He'd pleaded guilty to robbery and a weapons charge.Prosecutors say Brown and two accomplices robbed a CVS Pharmacy in Bellevue on Oct. 28 last year. One of them, Daewoo Robertson, has been sentenced to nine years in prison. The other, Billy Adell, is awaiting trial.

18-year-old sentenced for pharmacy robbery in Omaha suburb

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal accident at a home rural Sedgwick County.

Just after 2:30 Sunday, deputies were dispatched to the 12000 block of west 101st&nbsp;St. North to the report of a home accident involving a motor vehicle, according to Captain Keith Allen with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department.

The driver reported backing a vehicle out of a building and striking a two-year-old child.&nbsp;

EMS transported the boy to Wesley Hospital and he child was pronounced dead at 3:34 p.m.

&nbsp;The Sheriff’s Office is not releasing the name of the victim or other parties involved at this time.&nbsp;

From Hays PostSEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal accident at a home rural Sedgwick County.Just after 2:30 Sunday, deputies were dispatched to the 12000 block of west 101st&nbsp;St. North to the report of a home accident involving a motor vehicle, according to Captain Keith Allen with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department.The driver reported backing a vehicle out of a building and striking a two-year-old child.&nbsp;EMS transported the boy to Wesley Hospital and he child was pronounced dead at 3:34 p.m.&nbsp;The Sheriff’s Office is not releasing the name of the victim or other parties involved at this time.&nbsp;

Sheriff: 2-year-old Kan. boy dies after vehicle backs over him

A Texas man accused of hauling hundreds of pounds of marijuana through Nebraska has been acquitted of drug charges. 

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Edward Babb, of Houston, was found not guilty Friday of possession for sale and other charges. 

Court records say a Lancaster County sheriff's deputy stopped Babb and another man on Sept. 18 last year on Interstate 80 in Lincoln after seeing their rental truck cross onto the shoulder. A search of the truck turned up 645 pounds of marijuana.

A Texas man accused of hauling hundreds of pounds of marijuana through Nebraska has been acquitted of drug charges. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Edward Babb, of Houston, was found not guilty Friday of possession for sale and other charges. Court records say a Lancaster County sheriff's deputy stopped Babb and another man on Sept. 18 last year on Interstate 80 in Lincoln after seeing their rental truck cross onto the shoulder. A search of the truck turned up 645 pounds of marijuana.

Jury acquits Texas man of pot charges in Nebraska

Merriam-Webster has named the pronoun “they” its 2019 word of the year. 

The word and its emergence as a nonbinary alternative to “he” and “she” experienced a 313 percent increase in look-ups on Merriam-Webster.com. 

Editor at large Peter Sokolowski says he was surprised by the data but the word has been the subject of a lot of talk this year. 

Look-ups for “they" spiked in January with the rise of model Oslo Grace on top fashion runways. In September, the dictionary's site experienced another big increase in lookups for “they” when pop star Sam Smith wrote on social media that their preferred pronouns were “they” and “them."

Merriam-Webster has named the pronoun “they” its 2019 word of the year. The word and its emergence as a nonbinary alternative to “he” and “she” experienced a 313 percent increase in look-ups on Merriam-Webster.com. Editor at large Peter Sokolowski says he was surprised by the data but the word has been the subject of a lot of talk this year. Look-ups for “they" spiked in January with the rise of model Oslo Grace on top fashion runways. In September, the dictionary's site experienced another big increase in lookups for “they” when pop star Sam Smith wrote on social media that their preferred pronouns were “they” and “them."

Merriam-Webster declares 'they' its 2019 word of the year

Dozens of bronze headstone flower vases have been stolen from a cemetery in Lincoln. 

Police say each vase was valued at $50, so the loss is estimated at $2,000. 

The thefts were reported Saturday at Lincoln Memorial Park. In October, about a dozen vases were also stolen from the cemetery. 

Police say the thief might try to sell the vases at pawn shops or scrap yards. They ask that anyone with information call police.

Dozens of bronze headstone flower vases have been stolen from a cemetery in Lincoln. Police say each vase was valued at $50, so the loss is estimated at $2,000. The thefts were reported Saturday at Lincoln Memorial Park. In October, about a dozen vases were also stolen from the cemetery. Police say the thief might try to sell the vases at pawn shops or scrap yards. They ask that anyone with information call police.

Dozens of bronze vases stolen from Lincoln cemetery

New results from the largest long-term study of brain development and children’s health raise provocative questions about obesity and brain function. 

Does excess body weight somehow reduce brain regions that regulate planning and impulse control? Previous studies in children and adults have had conflicting results. 

The new research was published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. 

It isn't strong enough to settle the matter and outside experts cautioned that misinterpreting it could unfairly perpetuate weight stigma. But an editorial published with the study calls it an important addition to mounting evidence of a link between weight, brain structure and mental function.&nbsp;

New results from the largest long-term study of brain development and children’s health raise provocative questions about obesity and brain function. Does excess body weight somehow reduce brain regions that regulate planning and impulse control? Previous studies in children and adults have had conflicting results. The new research was published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. It isn't strong enough to settle the matter and outside experts cautioned that misinterpreting it could unfairly perpetuate weight stigma. But an editorial published with the study calls it an important addition to mounting evidence of a link between weight, brain structure and mental function.&nbsp;

Brain differences may be tied to obesity, kids' study says

Amazon says President Donald Trump's “improper pressure" and behind-the-scenes attacks harmed its chances of winning a $10 billion Pentagon contract. 

The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing contract to Microsoft in October. Amazon argues in a lawsuit unsealed Monday that the decision should be revisited because of “substantial and pervasive errors" and Trump's interference. 

Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos have been a frequent target of Trump. Bezos personally owns the Washington Post, which Trump has referred to as “fake news.” 

A Pentagon spokeswoman said Monday the decision to select Microsoft was made by career public servants and military officers and without external influence.&nbsp;

Amazon says President Donald Trump's “improper pressure" and behind-the-scenes attacks harmed its chances of winning a $10 billion Pentagon contract. The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing contract to Microsoft in October. Amazon argues in a lawsuit unsealed Monday that the decision should be revisited because of “substantial and pervasive errors" and Trump's interference. Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos have been a frequent target of Trump. Bezos personally owns the Washington Post, which Trump has referred to as “fake news.” A Pentagon spokeswoman said Monday the decision to select Microsoft was made by career public servants and military officers and without external influence.&nbsp;

Amazon says Trump's 'improper pressure' doomed Pentagon bid

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/12/1575912555666.png">A 29-year-old woman has died in an avalanche while skiing in the mountains of northern Colorado. It's the first avalanche death recorded this season in Colorado, where communities along the Rocky Mountains have seen record or near-record snowfall since September. The avalanche happened Sunday just north of Rocky Mountain National Park. The woman from Fort Collins was buried in the powerful slide, which officials say fell 500 vertical feet. Authorities say the woman was not breathing when other skiers dug her out from the snow, and she was declared dead at the scene.&nbsp;

Backcountry skier killed in northern Colorado avalanche

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/12/1575907513463.png">Police on the scene of the investigation&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kmbc.com/article/police-officer-shoots-at-intruder-inside-his-kansas-city-home/30166328" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(66, 153, 225);">photo courtesy KMBC-TV</a> KANSAS CITY (AP) — Authorities say an off-duty police officer has fired multiple shots at an intruder in his Kansas City home, although it's not known whether the intruder was wounded. Police say in a news release that the officer came on his radio around 2:30 a.m. Monday and asked for help at his home. The officers said he was alone in his home when he heard sounds, went downstairs and found an unknown man inside. The release says the officers fired multiple shots at the intruder because he feared for his safety and then ran from the scene. Police say the intruder hasn't been located. The shooting is being investigated as an officer involved shooting.

Off-duty officer shoots at intruder inside his Kansas City home

HASTINGS, NE-(AP) A Nebraska school district is asking drivers to obey state traffic laws after getting reports that some drivers aren't stopping for school buses with their stop sign arms extended. The Hastings Tribune reports that Hastings Public Schools officials have gotten reports of motorists putting student safety at risk by disregarding the stop sign arms. ﻿David Essink, the district's human resources and operations director, says most people ignoring the stop sign are going in the opposite direction.

Nebraska district says drivers not stopping for school buses

Authorities have arrested a Nebraska man who allegedly drove the wrong-way on Interstate 29 in Iowa and crashed into a sports utility vehicle. Authorities say 32-year-old Nickolas Kevin Diediker, of Concord, is accused of driving southbound in the northbound lanes of I-29 around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the Sioux City Journal. Authorities say Diediker collided with an SUV and continued driving in the wrong direction. The SUV driver was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. ﻿A Sioux City police officer reportedly spotted the pickup running into a concrete barrier before turning back northbound with its headlights off.

Nebraska man charged after wrong-way Iowa interstate crash

Washington state authorities say 4-year-old twins freed themselves from their car seats and climbed an embankment seeking help following a car crash that killed their father. KING-TV reported 47-year-old Corey Simmons of Langley died when the vehicle with his daughters in the backseat crashed on Whidbey Island. Police say the girls were transported to a hospital with minor injuries after an unidentified woman passing the accident scene 34 miles north of Seattle went back to help and called 911.

4-year-old twins free selves, climb to safety after crash

Police in Alabama say a 5-year-old boy has been shot and killed in crossfire during a family dispute. Birmingham police identified the child on Sunday as Tanarius “TJ” Moore. Investigators said two family members were arguing outside an apartment complex on Saturday when they fired weapons at each other. The kindergartner was struck and officers found him mortally wounded. News outlets report police have detained multiple people in connection with the shooting. ﻿No suspects have been publicly identified.

Alabama boy, 5, killed in crossfire during family dispute

A 44-year-old Omaha woman is critically injured after she was struck by a vehicle while crossing a street in midtown Omaha. Omaha Police said Mandy Embury was injured Saturday night in a hit-and-run crash. The incident happened around 10 p.m. Saturday on 52nd Street just south of Dodge Street. Embury sustained a head injury in the crash that is considered life threatening. The vehicle that hit Embury did not stop.

Woman critically hurt when struck while crossing Omaha street

Officials say one person has been injured in a helicopter crash at the Millard Airport in Omaha. Television station KETV reports that the crash happened just before 2 p.m. Saturday as the helicopter was trying to land. Police say only the pilot was the only person on board at the time of the crash. The pilot was taken to an Omaha hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The Federal Aviation Administration will take over the investigation into what caused the crash.

Pilot suffers minor injuries in helicopter crash at Omaha

A Lincoln man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for cyberstalking. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 20-year-old Alec Eiland was sentenced Thursday in Lincoln’s federal court. Eiland had earlier pleaded guilty. Prosecutors say Eiland sent an Instagram message last year threatening to rape one woman if she didn't kill herself. Officials say he also posted her photo and contact information online and invited solicitations for sex. ﻿Prosecutors say a second woman accused Eiland of sending her demands for nude photos or he would rape her significant other or put a car bomb on her vehicle.

Lincoln man gets 2 years in federal prison for cyberstalking

Omaha police have charged a man with concealing the death of his mother, whose body was found in a bedroom months after her death. Police on Thursday arrested 47-year-old Shawn P. Snoza on a misdemeanor charge of concealing the death of another person after going to a house to inquire about his mother, Geraldine Snoza. He initially told officers his 76-year-old mother wasn't home but later acknowledged she'd been dead inside the house since early July. Her body was found in a back bedroom. ﻿Police had been contacted by a bank employee who had been trying to reach Geraldine Snoza. He told officers he “didn't want to deal with it.”

Omaha police: Man concealed body of mother dead since July

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/12/1575658715045.jpeg" width="308"> Engineers found a temporary solution for KQSK 97.5FM after high winds and ice caused a tower southwest of Chadron to collapse last weekend. The top five sections of the 500-foot tower fell around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, causing&nbsp;a loss of signal for Double Q Country KQSK-FM, as well as several agencies and organizations that lease space on the tower for broadcast equipment. “We are working through this process as quickly as possible, and we will be rebuilding a newer, better radio tower at the current site just south of Chadron,” said General Manager Olivia Hasenauer. “In the interim, we do have a temporary antenna and transmitter for KQSK and are excited to have the 97.5FM signal back on the airwaves. It will be an exhilarating 2020 when we erect the new 500-foot tower for not only our company and team, but also our advertisers and listeners.” Engineers from Eagle Radio are working with organizations including the Dawes County Sheriff's Office, NOAA, Northwest Rural Public Power District and the Chadron Amateur Radio Club to restore broadcast capabilities. “We have a temporary tower location established in Chadron and now the majority population of Dawes County can hear Double Q Country on 97.5,” said Kevin Wagner, Eagle’s chief engineer of radio operations. “Serving Chadron and Dawes County listeners has been our priority and will continue to be our priority in 2020.” The tower, located at 210 McGannon Road approximately 15 miles southwest of Chadron, was constructed between Sept. 9, 1979, and July 9, 1980. Bill Mokry of the National Weather Service in Cheyenne said the transmitters used to feed most of northwest Nebraska NOAA weather radios were located on the fallen tower, including Dawes, Sioux, Box Butte and some counties in southwest South Dakota. He said his office is working with the sister weather station in Rapid City, S.D., to&nbsp;use their transmitters to cover areas that overlap with the Cheyenne region. "There will be at least some coverage ... in a good portion of the northern half of Dawes and northern portion of Sioux," Mokry said, noting there is no definitive timeline on when that backup plan will be launched. "We're still in the process of&nbsp;... finalizing that, and we'll have an official press release once that's up and running." He urged residents in areas without coverage to seek information normally broadcast on the NOAA radios via other sources — AM/FM radio, television, online and via smartphone apps. Smartphones within range of a cell signal will continue to receive severe weather alerts via their carrier. The good news? The weather is expected to remain relatively calm through the next several days as temperatures rise above freezing and the region begins to dig out from the storm that brought 14 inches of snow to the Chadron area. It was that weekend storm front that caused the stress on the tower, leading to the collapse. "The Chadron area was dealing with dense freezing fog prior to high winds .. leading to frost buildup. With those 50 mph wind gusts or stronger came roaring through the area, it put a lot of stress on the tower," Mokry said. "Fourteen inches plus howling 50 mph wind It's going to do some damage."

KQSK 97.5FM back on the air after tower collapse

The US Navy is confirming that a shooter and two victims are dead after gunfire at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola. Area hospital representatives tell The Associated Press that at least 11 people were being treated. The base remains locked down amid a huge law enforcement response. The naval station employs thousands of people and sprawls along the Pensacola waterfront. This is the second fatal shooting at a U.S. naval base this week. A sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, killing two before taking his own life.

3 dead, including shooter, in gunfire at Florida naval base

A multi-agency effort led to the apprehension of a suspect in an auto theft investigation Thursday afternoon in Wayne County. The operation culminated in an arrest following a pursuit in which the suspect’s vehicle made contact with multiple law enforcement vehicles. Several law enforcement agencies in northeast Nebraska were alerted to be on the lookout for a stolen 2017 Dodge Ram pickup after it had been spotted in the area multiple times Thursday morning. At approximately 1:45 p.m., law enforcement received a report that the truck was on Highway 15 south of Wayne. Multiple agencies pursued the vehicle, which made contact with units from both the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office and the Wayne Police Department during the pursuit. The suspect was able to flee south of Wayne. A short time later, at approximately 2:10 p.m., a State Trooper located the stolen truck on 575th Ave, about five miles south of Wayne. The trooper notified the NSP Aviation Support Division, which tracked the vehicle from the air as it entered a minimum maintenance road. The pickup then became stuck near 851st Road and 575th Ave. The driver fled on foot and was located a short distance from the vehicle by an NSP K9. Robert Wagle, 35, of Summerville, South Carolina, was arrested for felony flight to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, assault, and possession of a stolen vehicle. Additional charges are pending. Wagle was lodged in Antelope County Jail. This investigation involved the sheriff’s offices of Antelope, Madison, Stanton, and Wayne counties, the police departments from Neligh, Norfolk, and Wayne, as well as the Nebraska State Patrol. The investigation is ongoing.

Multi-agency effort leads to arrest following pursuits

ORLANDO, FL-(AP) Deputies in Florida have charged a Disney cruise worker with repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl at his home. The Orlando Sentinel reported on Thursday that 53-year-old Keith Seitz was arrested on Nov. 25. The victim's mother told deputies Seitz raped the girl multiple times between 2016 and 2019, beginning when she was 10. The victim told sheriff's officials Seitz took photos of her while she was naked and kept them “for when he’s on the cruise ship." Seitz is charged with five sex crimes counts, including sexual battery on a child. ﻿A Disney official said he's on unpaid leave.

Disney cruise worker charged with raping 13-year-old girl

A foul-mouthed Kansas judge accused of bigotry and racism is facing complaints that his conduct violates the central judicial canons of independence, integrity and impartiality. The Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications will next week consider whether Montgomery County Judge F. William Cullins performs his duties with sufficient competence and diligence that he can continue on the bench. One former clerk was so disgusted with his obscene outbursts at courthouse employees that he kept a “swear journal” that will be presented as evidence. According to the commission's pretrial order, Cullins acknowledges that he needs “a more effective management style."

Kansas judge accused of bigotry, profanities in courthouse

CORAL GABLES, FL-(AP) The FBI says four people, including a UPS driver, were killed after robbers stole the driver’s truck and led police on a chase that ended in gunfire at a busy South Florida intersection during rush hour. An FBI official says both robbers were shot and killed, and the fourth victim was in a nearby vehicle when shots rang out at a crowded intersection in Miramar on Thursday. The incident began about 20 miles south during a robbery at a Coral Gables jewelry store. It was not immediately clear who fired the shots that killed the UPS driver or the bystander.&nbsp;

Chase with stolen UPS truck ends with shootout, 4 dead

BALTIMORE, MD-(AP) Two Baltimore women have been charged in the death of a 9-month-old baby who police say fatally overdosed on fentanyl and heroin. News outlets report 17-year-old Alexus Lorraine Taylor and 43-year-old Laurie Ann Taylor were arrested Thursday on charges including manslaughter and child abuse resulting in death. Anne Arundel County police say the thought the baby might have eaten a heroin capsule and decided to wait and see as the baby wheezed and fell asleep. A police search later found drugs in every room of their home and even in the baby's diaper bag.&nbsp;

Mom, grandmother charged in baby's overdose death

Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals is planning a $57 million expansion on its Lincoln campus and expects to begin construction in the spring. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the project is a planned three-story, 112,000-square-foot patient wing that will also add 59 new rooms to replace ones that were built in the early 1970s. Madonna currently has 120 patient rooms, about half of which were upgraded and modernized in 2000.&nbsp;The wing will be added to the southwest of the existing 460,000-square-foot hospital in east Lincoln. ﻿Construction will develop in phases and is expected to be completed by January 2023.

Hospital announces $57 million expansion of Lincoln campus

News Release United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Wild Willy’s Fireworks, LLC (“Wild Willy’s”), a corporation with its principal office in Springfield, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha for Falsifying Records in a Federal Investigation.&nbsp;United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Wild Willy’s to three years of probation and a $35,000 fine.&nbsp;Wild Willy’s, through its representative and owner, Dan Williams, pleaded guilty to the crime on August 21, 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;On January 17, 2017, an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) inspector traveled to Wild Willy’s facility in Springfield to conduct a workplace inspection.&nbsp;Dan Williams was not present when the inspector arrived.&nbsp;The inspector was not permitted to enter the Wild Willy’s facility.&nbsp;Williams spoke with the inspector over the telephone and agreed that the inspector would return the next day on January 18, 2017.&nbsp;Williams then traveled to the facility and instructed employees to perform tasks in preparation for the inspection.&nbsp;Williams contacted a forklift operator trainer to conduct forklift training for individuals at Wild Willy’s.&nbsp;&nbsp;When the forklift trainer arrived, Williams advised him that there was insufficient time to perform the forklift training.&nbsp;Williams instructed the trainer to complete certificates for four individuals stating that each of them received the forklift training.&nbsp;The trainer completed certificates for the four individuals.&nbsp;Each of the certificates were back dated to September 28, 2015.&nbsp;Although each of the certificates indicated that forklift training occurred on September 28, 2015, none of the individuals received forklift training on that date.&nbsp;&nbsp;On January 18, 2017, an OSHA representative requested copies of the forklift training certificates.&nbsp;An employee of Wild Willy’s emailed OSHA copies of the falsified certificates.&nbsp;Each of the certificates falsely represented that the individuals listed received forklift training on September 28, 2015.&nbsp;The case was investigated by the United States Department of Labor - Office of Inspector General.&nbsp;

Nebraska fireworks company sentenced to probation, fined $35K

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Four people have been arrested in the August death of a man whose body was found in an Omaha apartment, police said. The case began on Aug. 6, when officers were called to an apartment complex in the Radial Hills neighborhood north of midtown Omaha. There, officers found Kelly Barges, 55, dead and declared the death suspicion. Police have now determined his death was a homicide. Police have not released details on how Barges died. On Wednesday, 36-year-old Louis French and 49-year-old Coletta Cornett each were arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and a weapons count in Barges' death. Also arrested were 62-year-old Joel Jensen and 31-year-old Autumn Jones on suspicion of felony accessory.

Police say 4 arrested in August death now deemed a homicide

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A southeastern Nebraska man has been charged under a new law that makes it a crime to post pornographic images of others without their permission or to use the images for blackmail. Hayden Butcher, 19, of Waverly, was in Lancaster County Court on Wednesday after being charged under Nebraska's "revenge porn" law, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. The law was enacted earlier this year. Butcher turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday and appeared in court Wednesday, where his bond was set at $20,000. A woman reported to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office in July that a video of her had been posted to a porn-sharing website. The woman told investigators that she had consensually engaged in video chats with Butcher last year, but had not given him consent to record or permission to share them with anyone. The email used to set up the account to share videos of the woman was traced back to Butcher, investigators said. Butcher faces up to 20 years in prison if he's convicted of the unlawful intrusion count. Butcher's attorney, Brad Sipp, told the Journal Star that he thinks law enforcement "jumped the gun" in charging Butcher and believes his client will be exonerated.

Waverly man charged under Nebraska's new `revenge porn' law

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/12/1575489051907.png">Arlandez Drew photo Jackson County KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man has been charged with killing his girlfriend's 2-month-old son. Twenty-eight-year-old Arlandez Drew was charged Tuesday with abuse or neglect of a child resulting in death. Charging documents say Jamarion Holland was rushed to a hospital in August. Drew told police he had been watching Jamarion when the baby appeared to convulse after he was fed formula. Drew said he found a neighbor who performed CPR until an ambulance arrived. The baby died two days later. Drew told police he didn't hurt the child. A medical examiner determined that the child's death was a homicide, caused by complications of head and neck trauma. A scan of the baby's brain showed bleeding in the brain and extreme swelling. Bond is set at $75,000. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.

Kansas City man charged in death of girlfriend's 2-month-old

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police in Omaha are searching for a pair of suspects in the shooting death of a man in the city's Little Italy neighborhood south of downtown. Officers were called to the area around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday for reports of gunfire and found a man on the sidewalk with severe injuries. The victim, Jethro Dufour, 33, was taken to an area hospital, where he died, police said. Witnesses told police that a crash involving at least one vehicle immediately followed the gunfire and that two men were seen fleeing in a sport utility vehicle. No arrests had been reported by early Thursday morning. Police are asking the public for any information on the fatal shooting.

Omaha Police: Man fatally shot on Little Italy neighborhood street

Police have arrested three suspects in connection with Omaha's latest homicide. Omaha Police said Wednesday they had arrested 19-year-old Davion Wallace and 19-year-old Daniel Camerlinck on suspicion of criminal homicide in connection with Dustin Moheng's death. Eighteen-year-old Caleb Lott was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to a felony. Police said Moheng's body was found in a yard in the Millard neighborhood on Monday morning. ﻿Few details have been released about the 21-year-old Moheng's death, but police said they were treating it as a homicide.

Police arrest 3 suspects in latest Omaha homicide

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have used ground-penetrating radar to search for evidence in a 20-year-old missing person case. Kansas City, Kansas, police said in a news release that officers searched Monday on an empty lot and found an anomaly in an area that once contained a home where Star Boomer stayed off and on with her boyfriend. The release says the images don’t show exactly what is under the soil, but that the investigation will continue as police work to “bring an end to this cold case and hopefully some closure to the family. Boomer was last seen in February 1999 at a bar in the area. <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/12/1575390325110.png">Two Kansas City, Kansas, men were charged in her disappearance in October 1999. The case was dismissed after witnesses refused to testify. Detectives reopened the cold case in 2017.

Police search for evidence in 20-year-old Kan. cold case

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A woman already on parole for fraud in Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling from a Lincoln chiropractic business where she worked. Ann Crall, 40, of Lincoln, appeared in Lancaster County Court on Tuesday on a felony charge of theft by deception, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. Her bond was set at $10,000. Police said they were alerted by the office manager of Movement Chiropractic, who reported suspicious activity on a business credit card that started three days after Crall began working there. Crall reportedly charged about $5,000 to the credit card, which was kept at the front desk where she sat, investigators said. The charges included two months of Crall's rent and calls to an inmate in Colorado. Crall was previous sentenced in Colorado to 11 years in prison for theft and charitable fraud for taking almost $60,000 from donors under the pretense that she had cancer. In 2015, she was sentenced to another two years for trying to fool her probation officer with fake letters and documents and for stealing her roommate's identity.

Convicted Colorado felon accused of embezzlement in Nebraska

United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Alexander M. Kingston, 27, formerly of Locust, North Carolina, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 10 years in prison by United States Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf for enticement of a minor.&nbsp;In addition to his prison sentence, Kingston will also serve 10 years on supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.&nbsp;&nbsp;In March of 2019, Lincoln Police Department Task Force Officers learned that a 14-year-old female met Kingston on a chatting website for teenagers. The minor communicated with Kingston through this website and other social media accounts.&nbsp;Kingston offered to drive to Lincoln, Nebraska to pick her up. Officers learned Kingston was also talking to the minor through her friend’s social media account. Officers were granted access to the friend’s account, and continued the conversation with Kingston in an undercover capacity.&nbsp;Kingston believed that he was communicating with a 14-year-old female.&nbsp;Kingston told the undercover officer he would drive from Kentucky and pick up the minor and take her to another state where she would live with him.&nbsp;Kingston then negotiated a meeting place in Lincoln, Nebraska. Kingston indicated he wanted to meet with the minor in a hotel room in Lincoln, Nebraska.&nbsp;&nbsp;Through several search warrants to social media sites, Kingston was identified and located as living in Monroe, North Carolina.&nbsp;On April 19, 2019, Kingston arrived at the pre-determined meeting site located in Lincoln to meet with the minor and her friend. Kingston got out of a vehicle with North Carolina license plates and was approached and arrested by Lincoln Police Department Officers. Kingston was holding a cellphone at the time of his arrest. The cellphone was observed to be open to an Instagram conversation between Kingston and the undercover officers.&nbsp;This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue minors. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.projectsafechildhood.gov/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">www.projectsafechildhood.gov</a>.&nbsp;This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.

North Carolina man sentenced for child enticement in Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has pleaded no contest to motor vehicle homicide charges stemming from a 2018 crash that killed a member of the Cornhusker Marching Band. Waltrivelish Watson pleaded no contest to the charge Monday and faces up to three years in prison at his sentencing next month in Lancaster District Court. Prosecutors say the 30-year-old Watson was driving a car the night of Oct. 26 that collided with another vehicle. From an airbag control module in Watson’s car, investigators determined it was traveling 92 mph three seconds before the crash. The crash killed Tyler Butterfield, a 20-year-old junior and trumpet player in the marching band. Butterfield was a passenger in a car that had just left a pep band performance the night before a Nebraska football game.

Man pleads no contest in crash that killed UNL band member

BENNET, Neb. (AP) - A Bennet volunteer firefighter is recovering after being injured while responding to a car fire east of Lincoln. Bennet Rural Fire Department Chief Tim Norris tells station KLKN that an explosion from the car Sunday night injured 19-year-old Chad Peterson. The force of the explosion knocked Peterson back and caused a mild concussion and bruises. He was treated at a Lincoln hospital. The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office says the explosion came from a 12-pack of club soda the car's driver had placed on the gas pedal in an effort to free the car, which had become stuck in mud. The fire started when the driver got out of the car to push it, and inadvertently locked herself out of the car.

Bennet volunteer firefighter injured fighting car fire

By JEFF AMY Associated Press American students may not be reading any better, but they’re moving up in rankings of educational achievement worldwide because many of their peers in other countries are performing worse. And while their math performance may not be declining, 15-year-olds in the United States still lag the scores of their peers in dozens of other countries. Overall, the latest global snapshot of achievement shows American students scoring above average in reading and science, but below average in math. The 2018 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, shows several Asian school systems at the top. The best-performing across all three measures was a group of four Chinese provinces — Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. PISA seeks to test not only what students know, but whether they can apply that knowledge to solve problems. About 600,000 15-year-old students in nearly 80 nations and educational systems took part in the two-hour computer-based test last year. The test is based on a 1,000-point scale. Among the findings: — In reading, the U.S. average score was 505, above the international average of 487. — In math, the U.S. average score was 478, below the international average of 489. — In science, the U.S. average score was 502, above the international average of 489. Average U.S. scores didn’t change significantly in any of those subjects since 2015. Average U.S. scores are also basically unchanged since when the test was first given in 2000 for reading and in 2003 for math. American science scores are up since 2006, thanks to improvements in earlier years. Across the globe, American students were significantly outperformed by their counterparts in eight jurisdictions in reading, by 30 jurisdictions in math and by 11 jurisdictions in math. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in a statement that students need “the freedom to pursue different options and a more personalized educational experience.” She has been promoting proposals for federal tax credits for donations made to groups offering scholarships for private schools, apprenticeships, school vouchers and greater reliance on privately run charter schools. “The bottom line is there has not been a single study that shows American education is improving enough,” DeVos said. “Scores have flatlined for a decade. Worse yet, scores for our most vulnerable students continue to decline.” Peggy Carr, the associate commissioner for the National Center for Education Statistics, told reporters Monday that the U.S., by holding steady in reading scores, rose in comparison with other countries. “It’s not exactly the way you want to improve your ranking, but nevertheless our ranking is improved,” Carr said. However, she noted the U.S. is “clearly struggling” in math. Like recent results on another major nationwide test — the National Assessment of Educational Progress — U.S. results showed the highest performing students were doing better in reading and math, while lower-performing students didn’t improve. “It’s another red flag that this is something to think about,” Carr said. Tom Loveless, an educational researcher near Sacramento, California, said the Chinese provinces that were tested saw a substantial increase in their scores. It’s not clear that that group of students is representative of China at large, with Carr repeatedly telling reporters Monday that the four large cities are more affluent than China as a whole. The Chinese region displaced the 2015 frontrunner, the Asian city-state of Singapore. “It’s the only country where they allow the national government to select the provinces that are tested,” Loveless said. “It still makes it very difficult to interpret the Chinese scores.” Loveless describes the United States’ overall performance as mediocre. “The U.S. is basically doing what it’s done since PISA started, which is hanging around the middle of the pack,” Loveless said. Others, though, are deeply concerned about U.S. scores, especially in math. Marc Tucker, the founder of the National Center on Education and the Economy, said the United States must improve if it is to remain economically competitive with China. “China is now poised to overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy. It is hard to see how the United States can compete with a far larger country that has a much better educated workforce that charges much less than we do for labor,” Tucker said. A mixture of multiple-choice and open-ended questions, the test is coordinated every three years by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD. Schools in each country are randomly selected, and OECD says the selection of schools is kept as inclusive as possible so that student samples are drawn from a broad range of backgrounds and abilities.

US scores above average in math, science, still lags in math

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are investigating the death of a man found in a yard as a homicide. Police were called Monday morning to a report of a person down in the Millard neighborhood. Medics declared the man dead. He was identified as 21-year-old Dustin Moheng. Police said they are investigating the death as a homicide.

Omaha police investigating death of man in yard as homicide

KATY, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old boy shot and wounded his older sister and killed her boyfriend during “a house party gone bad” in a Houston suburb. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says on Twitter that the boy shot his 18-year-old sister and her 20-year-old boyfriend with a shotgun at a home in Katy around 11:40 p.m. Saturday. Gonzalez says there had been a “disturbance” between the boy and his sister’s boyfriend, and that there were about 10 young adults in the home at the time. He says the 14-year-old was detained but isn’t in custody. Investigators will refer their findings to a juvenile prosecutor. The sister is in stable condition at a hospital. Her boyfriend was declared dead at the scene. The sheriff’s department hasn’t responded to requests for comment Sunday.

Sheriff: 14-year-old shot his sister, killed her boyfriend

TONTO BASIN, Ariz. (AP) — Nine members of an Arizona family, together for the Thanksgiving holiday, were in an oversized military-style truck when they got stuck in a raging creek swollen by intense runoff from a powerful storm. Four children and two adults got out and were rescued by helicopter, but three children stayed in the truck and it was later swept away. Rescuers with helicopters, drones, boats, dogs and an army of volunteers searched frantically Sunday for a 6-year-old girl missing since Friday. Her brother and cousin, both 5, were found dead on Saturday. “We want to bring her home safely to her family,” said Lt. Virgil Dodd of the Gila County Sheriff’s Office. “She needs to come home today, and we're going to do that today.” More than 100 volunteers gathered near Tonto Basin, a small community northeast of Phoenix, early Sunday to help search for the missing girl, Willa Rawlings, The Arizona Republic reported. "I cannot thank you enough," the girl’s uncle, Nathan Sherwood, told the crowd of people ready to help, according to the newspaper. "This is about the only light in this dark situation." Volunteers trudged in small groups through the muddy brush, toward the creek, to search for the missing girl, who was last seen wearing jeans and a purple jacket. Willa’s parents, Daniel and Lacey Rawlings, both escaped from the truck but their son, Colby Rawlings, and niece, Austin Rawlings, were not in the vehicle when it was pulled from the creek the next day. Their bodies were found about 600 to 1,000 yards (meters) from the failed crossing. The creek crossing was marked as closed with barricades and signs, authorities said. A National Weather Service meteorologist said the agency issued a flood warning for the region that includes the Tonto Basin area at 8:53 a.m. Friday based on data from an upstream flooding gauge. Meteorologist Sean Benedict in Phoenix estimated that up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) of rain fell in the area, with some of the runoff coming from snow that fell on nearby peaks. The region got up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) of rain about a week before, Benedict said. “So the grounds were already pretty wet and that probably helped with the runoff.” Adverse conditions included heavy brush and slippery mud along the creek and frigid water from snowmelt, but officials said they remained hopeful. Volunteers trudged in small groups through the muddy brush to search for the missing girl, who was last seen wearing jeans and a purple jacket. "The Rawlings family are a fixture," said David Merrill, one of the volunteers, told The Republic. "They're the salt of the earth and they have done so much. Little League, school ... volunteers for football ... whatever it took, they've been in the middle of it." Merrill came with a group from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pinetop, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) east of the search area. "The whole community's rallied around them to show their love and support during this tragedy," he said. Dodd, of the sheriff’s office, confirmed Sunday that the number of people rescued Friday night was six after conflicting reports on Saturday.

Rescuers search for girl, 6, missing after truck swept away in Arizona

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha is receiving a $4.7 million federal grant to help buy new city buses to replace older buses in its fleet. The U.S. Transportation Department’s Federal Transit Administration recently announced the Omaha grant as part of $423 million in grants nationwide. Omaha plans to use the money to buy 11 new buses. The new buses will help improve the reliability of Omaha’s fleet of 98 city buses. The Transportation Department says buses are the most used form of public transportation across the country.

Omaha gets $4.7 million federal grant for 11 new buses

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Eight months after massive floods in Nebraska washed out chunks of one of the nation’s longest stretches of trail, crews are still trying to repair the scenic pathway used by hikers, bikers and horse riders. The 195-mile-long Cowboy Trail through northern Nebraska was severely damaged during the March floods, and repair costs are estimated to top $7.7 million, according to a recent state budget request submitted to Gov. Pete Ricketts. At least 10 points along the trail were hit, including one 100-foot-long section blown out by the water. “It’ll be a good year and a half, maybe two years, before things really get rolling and we get everything fixed,” said Alex Duryea, recreational trails manager for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Most of the money will come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but state officials may have to cover $1.9 million of the expense. State officials may be able to cover some of the cost with other federal trail grants, but it’s not clear how much money Nebraska might receive. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has requested $187,000 from lawmakers in a budget request unveiled last month. Ricketts and lawmakers will decide whether to authorize the funding in the next legislative session that begins Jan. 8. State officials created the trail from an old, abandoned railroad line, a practice many local governments and nonprofits have adopted to brighten their communities. The trails are a big draw for bicyclists, runners, dog-walkers and others, and some small towns have used them to attract visitors. The Cowboy Trail stretches from Norfolk in the state’s northeast corner to Valentine, in the middle of remote, north-central Nebraska. State officials eventually hope to extend it to Chadron in northwest Nebraska, making it the nation’s longest rail-trail. Once completed, the full trail will run 321 miles through a scenic region of grass-covered sand dunes known as the Nebraska Sandhills. National trail advocates have announced plans to make it a part of the Great American Rail-Trail, a 3,700-mile, coast-to-coast trail designed to connect Washington state and Washington, D.C. “Once it’s fully developed, it’s going to have a significant impact on the small towns it passes through,” said Chuck Griffith, president of the Nebraska Trails Foundation and a former local economic development official. “It might be the difference between a restaurant making it and not making it. It’s not going to save the town, but it will help the economy.” Griffith said the trail has been used to facilitate taco rides, where a group of cyclists rides to a Mexican restaurant. Other rides take bikers to wineries or bars. Some small-town officials along the route say the trail has given a small but noticeable boost to their communities. “We’re very fortunate to have it,” said Ed Brown, the mayor of Long Pine, a town of 300 in north-central Nebraska. “It’s one of the few assets little towns like Long Pine have, and it has real potential in the future to help tourism come through.” Brown said community leaders converted an old railroad bunkhouse into a kind of hostel for bicyclists. For $35 a night, riders passing through town can get a private bed with a sink and a communal shower and toilet just a block from the trail. Brown said the bunkhouse has drawn small bike-touring groups and even a cross-country bicyclist from Israel. He said he was concerned about flood damage to the trail on both sides of town. “We need something like this,” he said. Duryea said residents along the Cowboy Trail tend to use the trail for dog-walking or casual strolls, but it also has drawn international bike riders from as far as British Columbia and Germany. It has also served local bicycle events and ultramarathons.

Flood fixes for prominent Nebraska trail may take 1-2 years

By JAMES MacPHERSONAssociated Press﻿ Nine members of an extended Idaho family died when their plane crashed in a South Dakota field as they were heading home after a hunting trip. Travis Garza, president of the wellness company Kyani, said in a Facebook post Sunday that the crash near Chamberlain Saturday afternoon killed brothers and founders Jim and Kirk Hansen. Garza said the crash also killed their father, Jim Hansen Sr.; Kirk Hansen’s children, Stockton and Logan; his sons-in-law, Kyle Taylor and Tyson Dennert; and Jim Hansen’s son, Jake, and grandson, Houston. Garza identified the injured as Kirk’s son, Josh, and Jim’s son, Matt, and son-in-law, Thomas Long. All three were hospitalized. The Hansens were executives with Kyani, as well as with Conrad &amp; Bischoff, a petroleum products distributor, and KJ’s Super Stores. East Idaho News, which first identified the victims, reported that the party had been on a hunting trip to South Dakota, one of the nation’s top destinations for pheasants. Brian Wood, owner of a funeral home in Idaho Falls, lamented the deaths on Facebook. He called the Hansens “pillars of our community” and wrote that they had offered many times over the years to help pay expenses for someone who might not be able to afford it. “Our community has a dark cloud over it now,” Wood wrote. “They will never know the many lives they touched.”Twelve people were aboard the Pilatus PC-12 bound for Idaho Falls when it crashed within a mile after takeoff in Chamberlain about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson said.Federal investigators — one from Washington, D.C. and two from the Chicago area — likely would reach the crash site on Monday, Knudson said. Local authorities were guarding the site on Sunday. Chamberlain and parts of South Dakota were under a winter storm warning Saturday and Brule County emergency manager Katheryn Benton said planes were unable to land at Chamberlain at the time of the crash. Weather will be among several factors investigators will review, although no cause for the crash has been determined, Knudson said.

South Dakota airplane crash kills 9 in extended family

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are investigating a fatal shooting. KETV reports that officers responded to a call of shots fired around 12:30 a.m. Saturday near 24th and Vane streets. The arriving officers saw an SUV driving away from the scene, then found a man inside a building with critical injuries. The man was taken to University of Nebraska Medical Center, where he died. The victim’s name has not been released. Police have not released any further details about the shooting.

Man killed in Omaha shooting

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Two Nebraska residents accused in the Iowa shooting death of a man suspected of stealing a friend’s car are scheduled for trial next year. Jonathan Echtinaw, 25, and Carissa Kendall, 23, and others went looking for the car on May 6 after a friend reported it stolen to police in Omaha, Nebraska, according to police. Echtinaw shot the suspected thief during a confrontation at a gas station in Council Bluffs, police have said, and a Pottawattamie County grand jury indicted the two. They’ve pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Court records say they live in Omaha. The case has presented an extra challenge because of the defendants’ assertions of self-defense, said Pottawattamie County’s chief prosecutor, Matt Wilber. That prompted him to employ a grand jury. “If I’m struggling with what should we do, a grand jury is good to use. The conscious of the community,” he told The Daily Nonpareil earlier this week, noting in the vast majority of cases his office decides whether to charge someone. The friends trying to find the woman’s car were tipped that it had been seen in Council Bluffs, across the Missouri River from Omaha, and they piled into their vehicles and began their search, police have said. The car was spotted at a Council Bluffs gas station. Kendall stopped her vehicle in back of and another of the cars in the informal posse stopped in front, hemming it in, police said. Echtinaw opened fire after the car driver put it in reverse and rammed Kendall’s vehicle and then blasted forward to hit the other vehicle, police said. The driver managed to get away, with the posse in pursuit. The car soon crashed, police said, and the driver was rushed to an Omaha hospital, where he died. He has been identified Ethan Edgar, 18, who lived in Hutchinson, Kansas. The trial of Echtinaw and Kendall is set to begin Jan. 7, Iowa court records say.

Trial set for 2 accused of shooting car theft suspect

BELLEVILLE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say four children have been killed in a Thanksgiving Day crash. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Gardner&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/TrooperBenKHP/status/1200186532314931200/photo/1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218);">said</a>&nbsp;in a tweet that the crash happened around 11:30 a.m. when a vehicle went off the side of a road and into a pond in Republic County, near the state’s border with Nebraska. Gardner initially tweeted that the children were 8 and younger, but said it now appears two of them may be older. Their names weren’t immediately released. The patrol says the mother of the children was taken to a hospital, and an adult male in the vehicle is being interviewed. The man wasn’t seriously injured, and his relationship to the family wasn’t immediately known. None of the victims are believed to be from Kansas. The investigation is ongoing.

4 children killed in Thanksgiving Day crash near NE, KS  border

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1575049119793.jpeg" width="543">-Photo courtesy: Wyoming State Patrol facebook page CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper rescued a person from a burning vehicle near Wheatland. Lt. Kyle McKay&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/wyoming-highway-patrol-trooper-saves-person-from-burning-vehicle/article_dde75c79-fb6e-5ecc-a283-e743bb275473.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 167, 218);">tells the Wyoming Tribune Eagle</a>&nbsp;that a pickup truck lost control on an icy stretch of Interstate 25 early Tuesday and went down an embankment. McKay says Trooper Samuel Szott arrived to find the front end of the truck engulfed in flames and a person slumped over the wheel. Another person pulled over to help. McKay says Szott opened the door and pulled the unresponsive driver out of the vehicle. The driver, who was not identified, was transported to a hospital in Wheatland. His condition and the extent of his injuries were not clear.

Wyoming trooper rescues driver from burning truck

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man accused of possessing and sharing child pornography has been imprisoned. Prosecutors say 60-year-old Jeffrey Ehlers was given seven years behind bars at his sentencing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Lincoln. He also is required to serve 12 years of supervised release after leaving custody and register as a sex offender. Authorities say Ehlers came to their attention when a group home leader told Bellevue police that an underage girl was having an inappropriate relationship with a man. Investigators eventually gained access to Ehlers’ desktop and laptop computers and found more than 600 image files containing the porn. There also was data that showed Ehlers had been sharing porn with other people on social media.

Nebraska man gets 7 years for child porn possession

<img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1574956795641.png" width="320" style="cursor: nwse-resize;">Image<a href="https://www.kmbc.com/article/kc-hospital-seeing-double-with-12-sets-of-twins/29997256" target="_blank" style="color: blue;">&nbsp;courtesy KMBC TV</a> KANSAS CITY (AP) — Saint Luke’s hospital is caring for 12 sets of twins this week in its neonatal intensive care unit. All of the twins were born between five and 14 weeks early. The hospital says staffing has been a challenge.Twelve sets of twins is a record at the hospital. Nurse Danielle Gathers says they always see multiples in the unit, but not 12 sets at one time. The babies will spend Thanksgiving at the hospital.New mother Amanda Tollifer says her twins, Kara and Isaac, were born eight weeks early. She says she had no idea having twins right now was “such the ‘in’ thing.”