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SYRACUSE DEATH
NEBRASKA CITY—The boyfriend of a woman found dead in their Syracuse home has been charged with second-degree murder. Extradition proceedings began Monday for Ronald Smith, 44, who was being held in Collinsville, Ill., since a standoff there with law enforcement on Saturday.
AP Photo NY123.
SURVEY-TEEN DRIVING
OMAHA—There is no consensus among Nebraska lawmakers on whether the state should revoke driver’s licenses of teens found guilty of possession of alcohol or illegal drugs. Nebraska is among 14 states that do not mandate the pulling of licenses of teens caught with alcohol or drugs, according to the Alcohol Policy Information System. By Eric Olson.
With:
— BC-NE-XGR–SURVEY-TEEN REVOCATION QUESTION
NORFOLK ADMINISTRATOR-FINE
LINCOLN—Norfolk’s former city administrator is fighting the $1,000 fine he was ordered to pay for using the city computer system to send a message opposing a failed cap on state spending in 2006. Mike Nolan appealed in Lancaster County District Court.
LUCY AND ETHEL STAMPS
WASHINGTON—Lucy and Ethel lose their struggle with a chocolate assembly line. Joe Friday demands “just the facts” with a penetrating gaze. A secret word brings Groucho a visit from a duck. Folks who grew up as television came of age will delight in a 20-stamp set included in the Postal Service’s plans for 2009 recalling early memories of the medium. By Randolph E. Schmid. Eds: NOTE Nebraska mention.
AP Photos WX203, WX202, WX201, WX204.
IHS GOALS
ABERDEEN, S.D.—A reorganization of the senior staff is among the changes implemented since Charlene Red Thunder took over as area director of the Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service. Red Thunder has created a senior staff she believes will let the Aberdeen Area IHS move forward in a four-state coverage area, including Nebraska, where more than 118,000 Indians who are eligible for services. By 2015, IHS officials expect the Indian population to increase to 145,628.
BUSINESS:
DOW CHEMICAL-ROHM&HAAS
NEW YORK—The collapse of a joint venture with a state-owned Kuwaiti company may make Dow Chemical less willing to pay the $15.3 billion pricetag for Rohm & Haas it initially agreed to last summer as energy prices peaked. Kuwait’s government backed out of the deal with Dow late Sunday, calling the K-Dow Petrochemicals joint venture, “very risky” due to the global financial crisis and crude prices that have tumbled more than 70 percent since July. By Energy Writer Ernest Scheyder. Eds: NOTE Nebraska mention.
Also:
— KIEWIT-TIC—Construction firm Kiewit Corp. has acquired competitor TIC Holdings Inc.
— TRAIN DERAILMENT—A freight train derailment in Nevada will not disrupt rail service on one of the country’s main east-west lines as initially feared, Union Pacific officials said Sunday. By Martin Griffith.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— DEAD BABY-HEARING—A 22-year-old Lincoln man accused of killing his 5-week-old son by shaking and choking him has been charged with felony child abuse.
— ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION-FREMONT—The organizer of a petition drive to resurrect a failed Fremont ordinance targeting illegal immigration says nearly enough signatures have been collected, but the effort will continue into February.
— BROTHERS SHOT—Omaha police on Monday were still investigating two apparently separate shootings that left two brothers with gunshot wounds.
— FIFTH DUI—A Columbus man who has been convicted four times of drunken driving has been arrested in Stanton County on suspicion of driving drunk.
— SHOOTING DEATH—Police have identified a man found shot in the parking lot of Thomas Funeral Home who later died at an Omaha hospital.
SPORTS:
NEBRASKA OFFENSE
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—After feasting on most of the Big 12 defenses he faced this season, Nebraska quarterback Joe Ganz will finish his career in the Gator Bowl against a Clemson defense that has left opposing offenses starved for yards and points. The Tigers have given up fewer than 17 points and 295 yards a game, with Florida State the only opponent the past nine games to exceed 400 yards.
NEBRASKA-FOX
LINCOLN—Former all-state basketball player Mike Fox of Beatrice has transferred to Nebraska from Northwest Missouri State and will be eligible for the second half of the 2009-10 season. Fox planned to walk on at Division II Northwest Missouri State, and he participated in a few preseason workouts. But Bearcats coach Steve Tappmeyer said Monday that Fox didn’t join the team for the Oct. 15 official start of practice.
The AP, Omaha.
