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DEVELOPING: MISSING NEBRASKA FAMILY, XGR–WATER WOES,
ADDS: SUPCO–PREGNANT KILLING,
MISSING NEBRASKA FAMILY
OMAHA—Members of a missing Nebraska family are believed to be back in the state, authorities said Friday. A truck suspected of being stolen in South Dakota and used by the Matthew and Rowena Schade family has been found abandoned in Antelope County in northeast Nebraska. By Eric Olson. Eds: Version also moving on national lines.
SUPCO–PREGNANT KILLING
OMAHA—The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the convictions and sentences of an Omaha man for killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child. In an opinion released Friday, the Supreme Court said the lower court did not abuse its discretion in the twice-tried case of William Floyd Jr. It also said Floyd’s arguments are without merit. By Jean Ortiz.
XGR–WATER WOES
LINCOLN—The state would spend $2 million each of the next two years to continue clearing vegetation from the Republican River, under a bill from Sen. Tom Carlson of Holdrege. Officials say the trees and vegetation share some of the blame for depletion of Republican River flows into Kansas. By Anna Jo Bratton.
With:
— XGR–ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION—State lawmakers have passed a compromise bill that’s aimed at illegal immigration.
— XGR–PLATTE RIVER—State lawmakers have passed a bill meant to help limit the number of well permits issued in the lower Platte River basin.
— XGR–EXONERATED INMATES—Inmates wrongly imprisoned could get up to $500,000 from the state, under a bill passed by the Nebraska Legislature.
SPORTS:
— NEBRASKA TRAINER—The latest from University of Nebraska spring football practice.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— BONG CAT—A Lincoln man who smoked marijuana from a makeshift bong after putting his girlfriend’s cat in it faces a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty.
— TRENCH COLLAPSE—A Gering business has pleaded guilty to violating federal safety standards and has been sentenced for a trench cave-in that killed an employee.
— CAT KILLED—Lancaster County prosecutors have filed charges against two teenagers accused of killing a cat, then showing a video of the incident at their high school.
— SPRING STORM—A major storm is on track to hit Nebraska this weekend, bringing heavy snow and blizzard conditions in early spring.
— STIMULUS-VETERANS CARE—More than $7.5 million in federal stimulus money is headed for Nebraska to improve medical care for the state’s veterans.
— BARE CUPBOARDS—Officials with the Grand Island Salvation Army say the shelves of their food pantry are nearly bare.
The AP, Omaha.
