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DEVELOPING: BKC-NEBRASKA-TEXAS A&M, BKC-CREIGHTON-WICHITA ST., BKW-NEBRASKA-IOWA STATE
ADDS: BKC-NEBRASKA-TEXAS A&M, BKC-CREIGHTON-WICHITA ST., BKW-NEBRASKA-IOWA STATE, RANDY’S EYES, CAREER IN BROWN, FOREIGN HOLIDAYS, TD AMERITRADE-EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION,
RANDY’S EYES
LINCOLN—Randy Hunzeker fell on a patch of ice the other day. He broke two bones in one of his legs and lay there half an hour waiting for the ambulance. His dog, Visa, stayed by his side. By Colleen Kenney.
CAREER IN BROWN
BEATRICE—For the first time in nearly four decades, United Parcel Service deliveryman Duane Nichols will be running on his own schedule. Nichols, or “Nick” as his co-workers call him, delivered his last package Dec. 30, after 38 years of logging hundreds of miles a day across southeast Nebraska in his brown delivery truck. By Chris Dunker.
FOREIGN HOLIDAYS
HASTINGS—Caleb Northrop is finding a deeper appreciation for a foreign culture and his own culture this year as an exchange student to Unna, Germany. Northrop is a 2009 graduate of Hastings High School. By Charis Ubben.
BUSINESS:
TD AMERITRADE-EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
OMAHA—TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. gave president and CEO Fred Tomczyk significantly less compensation last year, but the drop to $4.8 million from $13.5 million doesn’t reflect displeasure with Tomczyk’s first year of leadership. The Omaha-based company said it was pleased with the results Tomczyk and Ameritrade’s other top executives delivered in a difficult economy, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. By Business Writer Josh Funk. Eds: NOTE story first moved late Friday for Saturday AMs.
SPORTS:
BKC–NEBRASKA-TEXAS A&M
COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Texas A&M opens Big 12 play when it hosts Nebraska on Saturday. The Cornhuskers won three straight games to finish non-conference play while the Aggies have won two in a row. By Kristie Rieken. Game starts at 3 p.m. CST
ALSO:
— BKW–NEBRASKA-IOWA STATE—No. 12 Nebraska visits Iowa State. Game starts at 8 p.m. CST
— BKC–CREIGHTON-WICHITA ST.—Creighton plays Wichita State in a matchup of Missouri Valley Conference rivals. Game starts at 2:05 p.m. CST
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— NEB HEATING HELP—Nebraska officials say there’s help available for those struggling to pay their heating bills in the recent frigid weather.
— BATTLEFIELD ARCHAEOLOGY—A reconstruction of two Civil War-era battles in the North Platte River valley will begin the spring series of Olson seminars in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
— BLACK HOLES PROGRAM—Black holes in space are the topic for a Mueller Planetarium program this month.
— DIABETES CONTROL—Nebraska Educational Television will be running a program aimed at helping people control diabetes.
— COW COLLEGE—The annual Farmers and Ranchers Cow/Calf College “Partners in Progress” beef seminar will be held this month in south-central Nebraska.
— COLD WEATHER—Nebraskans are being reminded to take precautions against hypothermia as the temperatures hover around zero degrees and wind chills fall well below zero.
— DELAYED TRAIN—As Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr finally pulled into Chicago’s Union Station, one disgruntled passenger was heard saying she’d never spent so much time going nowhere.
— WINTER WEATHER-NEBRASKA—Authorities say at least three Omaha residents died in this week’s bitter cold.
The AP, Omaha.
