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DEVELOPING: LUCKY SURGERY, DEATH PENALTY-WEST, MVC-EVANSVILLE-CREIGHTON
ADDS: KOSHER SLAUGHTERHOUSE-WITNESSES
LUCKY SURGERY
HASTINGS—What began as a routine knee replacement evolved into a life-and-death struggle for Hastings resident Mary Ann Biggs. Biggs, 65, came through her knee surgery in Grand Island in October 2006 just fine. But when the nausea she encountered from the anesthesia lingered on four days, she decided there might be something more to it. But an examination in the emergency room at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital turned up nothing. By John Huthmacher. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature.
KOSHER SLAUGHTERHOUSE-WITNESSES
DES MOINES, Iowa—Prosecutors and attorneys for an embattled kosher meatpacking plant and its former manager are sparring over taking testimony from witnesses before the case goes to trial because of worries that some could leave the country. Nearly 100 counts were filed against Agriprocessors and managers following a raid by federal immigration agents last May in Postville. Agents arrested 389 people, most from Mexico and Guatemala. By Amy Lorentzen. Eds: NOTE Nebraska mention.
DEATH PENALTY-WEST
GARDEN CITY, Kan.—Rather than abolish the death penalty, Kansas lawmakers ought to make more crimes eligible for capital punishment, according to the prosecutor in one of the state’s most infamous murder cases. Duane West, who was Finney County Attorney when Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were sentenced to death for the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, a crime that became infamous in the novel “In Cold Blood.” Eds: Note Nebraska mention, interest.
SPORTS:
BC-BKW–MVC-EVANSVILLE-CREIGHTON
ST. CHARLES, Mo.—The Creighton women’s basketball team will face Evansville in the Missouri Valley Conference’s championship game. Game starts at 3 p.m.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— NPPD-NORFOLK PROJECT—The Nebraska Public Power District is set to begin work April 1 on a new energy-efficient operations center in Norfolk.
— TOUGH TIMES—University of Nebraska-Lincoln experts have compiled a wealth of information to help Nebraskans deal with today’s tough times.
The AP, Omaha.
