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DAD GETS CUSTODY
LINCOLN—The Nebraska Supreme Court has sided with a Perkins County father who has been seeking custody of two sons who had been living with their maternal grandparents. The high court overturned a district court decision that the boys should stay with the grandparents who had been raising them off and on since the 1990s and permanently since 2006.
NO RELEASE
RAPID CITY, S.D.—A Nebraska man accused of driving drunk and killing two people near Pine Ridge will remain in custody. U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica Duffy denied a request from the attorney for Timothy Hotz, 60, of Rushville, Neb., that he be released from custody to live with a daughter in Rushville.
SPORTS:
YANKEES-CHAMBERLAIN DUI
LINCOLN—New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain apologized for his weekend arrest in Nebraska on suspicion of driving under the influence, speeding and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle.
NEBRASKA-BACK ON TRACK
LINCOLN—Nebraska’s 35-7 win over Iowa State showed that the Cornhuskers are capable of dominating a Big 12 opponent. It also showed that the Huskers have a strong will, and that might have been the best thing coach Bo Pelini saw. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— SECC ENROLLMENT—Enrollment is up 6 percent to an all-time high of 1,571 students at Southeast Community College in Beatrice.
— GI AIR SERVICE—Grand Island should have eastbound air service by the middle of December.
The AP, Omaha.
