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Valley County Sheriff's Report for 7/14/21
JULY 13, 2021 -CALLS TO SERVICE ORD RESCUE CALL PUBLIC FINGERPRINTS GIVEN -VEHICLE INSPECTIONS 2 INSPECTED -BURN PERMITS 1 PERMIT GIVEN -46 RADIO MESSAGES -REQUESTS FOR SERVICES AND INFORMATION 19 PHO...
Jul 15, 2021
Nebraska man killed after being pinned between semitrailers
WAUNETA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a man has died after being pinned between two semitrailer trucks in southwestern Nebraska. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the accident happened Sunday in Waun...
Jul 13, 2021 Sarah Taylor / CC
Power still being restored in Omaha as new storms threaten
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Utility crews in and around Omaha are still working to restore power to thousands of customers on Tuesday, four days after severe storms ravaged the state and left a record number o...
Jul 13, 2021 Ron Reiring / CC
80-year-old woman sentenced in shooting death of husband
McCOOK, Neb. (AP) - An 80-year-old McCook woman has been sentenced to eight to 10 years in prison in the shooting death of her husband, who she said had abused her for years. Lavetta Langdon pleaded n...
Jul 13, 2021 david__jones / CC
South Dakota man killed, wife hurt in western Nebraska crash
OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) - A South Dakota man has died and his wife was hurt in a crash on Interstate 80 in western Nebraska. The Omaha World-Herald reports the crash happened late Wednesday afternoon just...
Jul 13, 2021 Phillip Capper / CC
FBI: Nebraska, Iowa see jump in hate crimes in recent years
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The FBI says Nebraska and Iowa have seen a rise in hate crimes in recent years, most of which have been committed on the basis of race and ethnicity. Eugene Kowel is the special age...
Jul 12, 2021 Deep Owl / CC
Police suspect man's death was result of drive-by shooting
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) - Police in southwestern Nebraska say they suspect the death of a man earlier this week stemmed from a drive-by shooting - a rare occurrence outside Nebraska's metropolitan areas....
Jul 12, 2021 david__jones / CC
Police: Teen sought in Omaha homicide turns himself in
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha police say a 16-year-old boy wanted in the shooting death last week of another teen at a city park has turned himself in. Police say the 16-year-old turned himself in on Thurs...
Jul 12, 2021 Courtney "Coco" Mault / CC
Founder of Omaha sports club accused of skimming $400K
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The founder of the Omaha Sports Academy is charged with taking almost $400,000 from the group for his personal use. Forty-eight-year-old Bob Franzese faces two counts of theft by un...
Jul 12, 2021 midnightcomm / CC
Former sheriff's deputy found dead before fraud sentencing
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) - A former Dodge County sheriff's deputy was found dead the day before he was scheduled to be sentenced in a nearly $11 million fraud scheme. Fifty-year-old Craig Harbaugh was found...
Jul 12, 2021 Kim Siever
