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XGR–CHECKOFFS FOR WATER
LINCOLN—Water-funding problems are bubbling up in the Nebraska Legislature, with some lawmakers trying to reassure those who worry the state doesn’t have a backup plan to address what Gov. Dave Heineman has called the issue of the decade. “We’re about to go down a very dangerous path, pulling a funding source when we don’t have another one in place,” Sen. Lavon Heidemann of Elk Creek said. By Nate Jenkins.
With:
— XGR–HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE—Nebraska lawmakers have been told that there won’t be enough money to maintain state highways unless something is done.
CAN’T PROSECUTE
OMAHA—Nebraska prosecutors are trying once more to bring to trial a man who claimed he led investigators to his daughter’s body in 2007 on the promise that he wouldn’t face felony charges in her death. Authorities are making their third and likely final appeal in their attempt to bring the charges against Lucas Peterson, this time before the Nebraska Supreme Court. They argue a Seward County district judge was wrong to dismiss charges against Peterson, who they believe should be held responsible for the death of his nearly 1-year-old daughter Trista. By Jean Ortiz.
REBUILDING LIFE
LINCOLN—It was easier, she says, when they lived in their car. In November, Tiffany and Byll Dale would park their 2006 Chevy Aveo on the top level of the parking garage of a Lincoln hospital, in a spot with good Internet reception. A Nebraskaland Feature by Colleen Kenney of the Lincoln Journal Star.
SPORTS:
BKC–BIG 12-BOTTOM FEEDERS
DES MOINES, Iowa—It’s a little lonely at the bottom of the Big 12. After all, the conference has as many as seven Big 12 teams in line for NCAA tournament bids, a stellar RPI rating, top players, top coaches, the works. What’s not to love? By Sports Writer Luke Meredith. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
AP Photos IASP112, KSOW106, KSOW108.
BKC–NEBRASKA-SADLER SAFE
LINCOLN—Nebraska is committed to Doc Sadler even though the Cornhuskers are mired in last place in the Big 12 in his fourth season as coach. Marc Boehm, the associate athletic director in charge of men’s and women’s basketball, said Sadler’s job is safe even if the Huskers don’t win another game this season. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
AP Photo NEDW108.
ALSO:
— T25-NEBRASKA-GRIFFIN HONORED—Nebraska’s Kelsey Griffin is Big 12 women’s basketball player of the week for the second straight week and fourth time this season.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— HEALTH CARE-NEBRASKA—Sen. Ben Nelson says he’s pleased with President Barack Obama’s health care reform proposal that would extend a Nebraska provision to all states.
— SNOW PACK—Nebraska climatologist Al Dutcher says the state’s Platte River system could suffer this summer if the Rocky Mountain snow pack doesn’t improve over the next two months.
— DOCTOR JOHN SENTENCED—The owner of a chain of adult sex shops has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating a protection order.
— MOUNTAIN LION SHOT—A Nebraska Game and Parks Commission conservation officer has fatally shot a mountain lion in the northwest part of the state.
— UNL J-SCHOOL DEAN—A specialist in digital journalism has been selected to lead the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
The AP, Omaha.
