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MENTAL HEALTH
OMAHA—Despite an ongoing push to expand community-based mental-health care in Nebraska, a lack of specialized professionals means that people in some rural areas still live hundreds of miles from clinics. “All rural America has a problem, but it becomes especially problematic as you move to the west,” said Dennis Mohatt, who directs the mental-health research center at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in Denver. By Timberly Ross.
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— MENTAL HEALTH-WORKERS
WELFARE-CALL CENTERS
LINCOLN—Twenty-one Nebraska communities have applied to be among the sites for new state call centers that will handle applications for food stamps, Medicaid and other welfare services, according to a state Web site. Applications were due to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday.
GUY GETAWAYS
FREMONT—Gayle Novotny doesn’t have to go out on the town to find a perfect spot to enjoy a game on the television. All he has to do is go to his basement. By Brett Ellis of the Fremont Tribune. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature.
SPORTS:
— NEBRASKA-TEXAS A&M—Kyle Thebeau gave up just one run in seven innings and Joe Patterson had a career-high four hits while driving in two runs, helping Texas A&M beat Nebraska 10-1 on Sunday.
ALSO GETTING ATTENION:
— BULLETPROOF BOARD—Members of one Nebraska governmental board are considering how best to protect themselves, particularly when highly emotional issues are on the agenda.
— FOOD RUN—More than 200 runners and 50 volunteers turned out in Lincoln on Sunday for a fundraiser to benefit the People’s City Mission.
— STUDENT HONORED—A Nebraska Wesleyan University student has been awarded a nationwide scholarship named in honor of the United States’ 33rd president.
— CRUISER HIT—A Bellevue man has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after authorities say the sport-utility vehicle he was driving rear-ended a sheriff’s department cruiser on a highway shoulder early Sunday.
— TRUCK HITS HOUSE—Lincoln police are investigating after a driver allegedly lost control and crashed into a house and then tried to get away.
— WILDLIFE HABITAT—The National Wildlife Federation has certified the Doane College campus in Crete as a Wildlife Habitat.
— FRIDGE RECYCLING—The Nebraska Public Power District is helping Nebraskans get rid of old refrigerators that can inflate energy bills.
The AP, Omaha.
