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Lincoln police send officers to malls
Lincoln Police Chief Tom Casady wrote five sentences on his blog late Wednesday night. Direct, empathetic. One chief to another dealing with tragedy 60 miles up the road.
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Plans for hockey facility released
With his holiday gift to the University of Nebraska and to the city of Lincoln, longtime Lincoln businessman and politician John Breslow scored a goal with a banquet room full of hockey enthusiasts on Thursday.
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Lincoln's Scharf was 'concerned, genuine'
At 7:30 Wednesday morning, Gary Scharf stuck a letter in his mailbox at the end of his driveway on South 35th Street. Two doors down, Brian Petersen was doing the same.
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Shots fired in area of 11th and D streets
Police were called to 11th and D streets at 3:24 a.m. Thursday after gun shots were heard in the area. Officers arrived one minute after the call and discovered a parked vehicle had been shot three times with a 20-gauge shotgun, said Lincoln Police Capt. Dennis Duckworth.
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PEORIA: School board considering building addition on Lincoln Middle School
PEORIA — District 150 is considering building an addition on Lincoln Middle School, rather than constructing a separate school nearby, in order to save money.
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Another extended-stay hotel approved
A month after approving an extended-stay hotel in southeast Lincoln, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission on Wednesday did the same for northeast Lincoln.
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Businesses report overnight break-ins
Two Lincoln-area stores were broken into overnight Tuesday and Wednesday, according to law enforcement. About $1,000 was taken Wednesday morning from a small safe at the Cookie Company at Westfield Gateway Mall, Lincoln Police Sgt. Don Scheinost said.
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Plan for ice rink expected Thursday
Leaders of 2015 Vision, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the city of Lincoln are set to announce a “major gift” Thursday that will help fund a new downtown ice arena that supporters hope will accommodate the city’s booming interest in ice-related sports.
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Experience, unselfishness leading Falls City Sacred Heart
A year ago, Katelyn Wheeler juggled playing for the Nebraska Volleyball Academy club team in Lincoln with her duties as an all-stater on the Falls City Sacred Heart girls basketball team.
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Sentencings set in home invasion robbery
Two Lincoln men will be sentenced in January for a June home invasion robbery. Joshua Samsula, 19, pleaded guilty and Justin Hinds, 18, pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of attempted robbery in the June 24 incident at an apartment near 19th and Garfield streets.
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Police look for men who robbed apartment
Lincoln police think there may be more to the story of an early Wednesday morning home invasion robbery at an apartment on South 26th Street. Police Chief Tom Casady said a 19-year-old man told police he was doing homework at 1:50 a.m. when there was a knock on the door.
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Union College prof follows alleged thief
An Epson projector and Hewlett-Packard computer valued at $1,600 were reported stolen from an unlocked classroom at Union College, 3800 S. 48th St., at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, Lincoln Police Sgt. Don Scheinost said.
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Moving game site pays off for NU
Nebraska officials admitted that moving a premier nonconference basketball game from Lincoln to a neutral site in Omaha was a risk. “When you’re at a stage in our program like this,” Nebraska executive associate athletic director Marc Boehm said, “I think you do need to take risks.”
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Irrigators along lower Platte fight for more water
The state’s top water official already has made a preliminary decision to keep the Lower Platte River Basin open to irrigation development — and testimony at a hearing in Lincoln Wednesday was decidedly in favor of making her decision final.
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Businesses report overnight break-ins
Two Lincoln-area stores were broken into — one overnight Tuesday, the other Monday, according to law enforcement. The Cookie Company at Westfield Gateway Mall had about $1,000 stolen from its small safe Wednesday morning, Police Sgt. Don Scheinost said.
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Lincoln man hosts hate Web sites
A Lincoln man’s self-proclaimed dedication to free speech has led him to host nearly 60 Web sites, mostly for racist, anti-Semitic organizations around the world.
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Police look for men who robbed apartment
Two unknown men robbed three people in their home early Wednesday morning. Residents of an apartment on the 300 block of South 26 Street opened the door for the two men around 1:50 a.m., said Lincoln Police Capt. Jim Thoms.
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Wednesday's Worst Stocks in the World
It had to be someone.
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Board approves new juvenile court attorney
Apparently, the fourth time is the charm. County Attorney Gary Lacey won a request Thursday to hire an additional attorney to help deal with the growing demands in the county’s juvenile court.
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Judge reschedules hearing after Bjorkman fails to show
PLATTSMOUTH — An Ashland man accused of shooting a volunteer firefighter missed a court hearing Thursday he may not have known about. Stanley Bjorkman, 59, was scheduled to be in Cass County District Court for several pretrial motions.
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LES reports morning power outage
Some South Lincoln residents might have woken up in the dark this morning -- or worse, they might not have woken up on time.
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Southwest stops Gators
Playing stifling defense, pounding the ball inside and grabbing numerous offensive rebounds isn’t the glamorous way to build a 19-point lead. But after losing its last two intra-city boys basketball games, Lincoln Southwest wasn’t interested in style points Saturday at Lincoln North Star.
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Police ticket 22-year-old for graffiti
When someone started scrawling D3M on buildings and in alleys in downtown Lincoln, plenty of people started wondering who left the indelible-ink tag behind.
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Armed robbers threaten family in Lincoln home
Robbers held a man at gunpoint early Sunday, locking his daughter and grandson in a bathroom. The two men entered a home on the 6100 block of South 25th Street through the back door at about 1:30 a.m., said Lincoln Police Capt. David Beggs.
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Mom's child neglect case dismissed to diversion
The case against a Lincoln mother accused of abandoning her newborn daughter has been dismissed. On Monday, the Lancaster County Attorney’s Office dismissed the case to pre-trial diversion.
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Truck driver suspected of arson to his semi
Police believe a 42-year-old Michigan truck driver was responsible for a fire that ignited in the cab of his own semi in August. James Laurino is accused of felony arson for the Aug. 30 fire.
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State Patrol investigator wants inmate charged for attack
A Nebraska State Patrol investigator wants prosecutors to charge a Lincoln Correctional Center inmate for attacking a case worker at the prison Dec. 7.
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Shoppers, workers return to Von Maur
OMAHA — Omahans were showing up en masse to Von Maur on Thursday in a show of support for the store and one another more than two weeks after a gunman killed eight and then himself in the deadliest mall shooting in U.S. history.
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Woman gets 90 days for prostitution
An Omaha woman has been sentenced to jail for prostitution. Dawn Beckett, 30, was charged with prostitution after she traveled to Lincoln to meet an undercover officer for sex at an airport hotel in July.
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Ritz-Carlton gets green light from Paradise Valley commission
The Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley, got the go-ahead Wednesday night after more than a year of review by the town's planning commission.
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