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DEVELOPING: TUBERCULOSIS SCARE, PONZI LAWSUIT, BBC–CWS FINALS,
ADDS: RARE BREED,
TUBERCULOSIS SCARE
BASSETT—The hard faces many ranchers wear to work every day along with cowboy boots are starting to show some cracks. While ranchers in Rock County, Neb., say they are confident their herds won’t be decimated by tuberculosis, some are concerned the scare could hurt the market for their cattle. By Nate Jenkins. Eds: Moving on news and financial lines.
AP Photos.
RARE BREED
LYONS—Barb Lierman has four-legged babies all over the United States. And she keeps track of them with colorful push pins that dot a map in her Lyons office. A Nebraskaland Feature by Tammy Real-McKeighan of the Fremont Tribune.
BUSINESS:
PONZI LAWSUIT
OMAHA—Four people promising amazing investment returns collectively raised more than $11 million and then used to proceeds to pay gambling expenses, real estate mortgages and future investors in the Ponzi-style scheme. That’s according to the allegation the Securities and Exchange Commission made in a federal lawsuit against the four people: a Nebraska man, a Texas man and a Florida couple. By Josh Funk.
ALSO:
— BEAN OVERSUPPLY—The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun buying up excess dry beans, most of which are grown in Nebraska. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
SPORTS:
BBC–CWS FINALS
OMAHA, Neb.—The best-of-three College World Series opens in Omaha, with top-seeded Texas seeking its seventh national title against LSU, which is looking for its sixth championship. Chance Ruffin (10-2) goes for the Longhorn and the Tigers counter with ace Louis Coleman (14-2). By Eric Olson. Eds: Game begins at 6:08 p.m.
AP Photos.
With:
— CWS NOTEBOOK.
ALSO:
— LAKE ERIE COACH—The Colorado Avalanche have named Boston University associate head coach David Quinn as the new head coach of the club’s AHL affiliate. Quinn spent six seasons as the top assistant coach and head recruiter for the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— MISSING OMAHA KIDS—Police say two little kids in diapers who got more than three blocks away from their parents’ Omaha apartment have been returned.
— SEVERE WEATHER-NEBRASKA—York officials say hail and heavy rain from a severe thunderstorm damaged cars and crops in the area.
— OMAHA CRIME STOPPER—Omaha Police soon will be distributing a special newspaper that features felony fugitives and information about unsolved crimes.
— SUNDAY SALES—Kearney leaders may allow liquor sales on Sunday to help city businesses better compete with shops just outside of town that do sell booze on Sundays.
— CARSON FESTIVAL—A Seattle man won the standup competition at this year’s Great American Comedy Festival in Norfolk.
— BOATING FATALITY—A boating incident on a private lake west of Omaha has left one woman dead and another injured.
— LAKE ACCIDENT-NEBRASKA—Authorities say a 42-year-old Lincoln man nearly lost an arm in a boating accident on Branched Oak Lake northwest of Lincoln.
The AP, Omaha.
