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DEVELOPING:
ADDS: XGR–SURVEY-WATER WOES, STRANDED FRIENDS, T25-NEBRASKA WRAPUP
XGR–SURVEY-WATER WOES
LINCOLN—Nebraska lawmakers don’t see any easy answers to a complicated mix of water problems in the Republican River basin. Only 13 of the 34 lawmakers who responded to an annual, pre-session survey by The Associated Press said less irrigation, state general-fund tax dollars or a combination of both should be used. By Nate Jenkins.
With:
— XGR–SURVEY-WATER WOES-QUESTION
STRANDED FRIENDS
RISING CITY—Monte and Candy Sanley’s original plan for Christmas Day included up to 40 guests with all the food and fixings. By the end of the day, they had a holiday they won’t soon forget. A Nebraskaland Feature by Eric Freeman of the Columbus Telegram.
BUSINESS:
— FORT CALHOUN WORKING—The Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant north of Omaha has resumed full-power operation after a scheduled shutdown. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
— NEBRASKA HOGS—Nebraska had 6 percent fewer hogs and pigs on Dec. 1 than it did a year earlier. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
SPORTS:
T25-NEBRASKA WRAPUP
LINCOLN—A 33-0 Holiday Bowl rout of Arizona was Nebraska’s sixth win in seven games and provided further evidence that coach Bo Pelini has positioned the Cornhuskers to be major players on the national scene again. “If we continue down the road we’re on right now, we’re going to be a force to be reckoned with,” Pelini said. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
AP Photos CALI118, CALI114.
With:
— NEBRASKA-SUH SWAN SONG—Star Nebraska defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh says finishing his college football career is bittersweet for him.
ALSO:
— LINCOLN RACE COURSE—The racing and simulcasting facility formerly known as State Fair Park will reopen as Lincoln Race Course on Friday.
— IMPROPER DEER PERMIT—An Illinois man who illegally killed a deer in Nebraska has been given two years of federal probation and has been barred from hunting during that time. Eds: Moved on state news and sports lines.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— POT SIGNAL—A three-judge federal appeals court panel has decided prosecutors should be able to use 470 pounds of marijuana as evidence because the Nebraska traffic stop that led to the drug’s seizure was valid.
— CHILD-PORN CHARGE—A prosecutor says a Nebraska woman has been charged with making child pornography because of an inappropriate video of her son and a foster daughter that was posted online.
— EX-DEPUTY WINS—A district judge says a former Richardson County deputy must be reinstated to his job.
— SCHOOL BOARD-ARREST—The charges against a former Chadron school board member have been dropped.
— ELYRIA FATALITY—A man who was injured in a central Nebraska crash has died at a Lincoln hospital.
— HOLIDAY ENFORCEMENT—The Nebraska State Patrol says it will continue to ramp up enforcement efforts through Saturday, with a goal of keeping drunk drivers off the roads.
— PATROL RETIREMENT—A Nebraska State Patrol captain who has worked on a bomb squad and SWAT team is retiring after a 25-year career.
— EDITORIAL RDP—Excerpts from recent Nebraska daily newspaper editorials on topics of statewide interest.
The AP, Omaha.
