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Student "Branded" In Welding Class
A 15-year-old North Platte student has been arrested, accused of branding another teenager during a welding class. The incident occurred Tuesday at North Platte High School. Lt. Rich Hoagland says one boy touched a hot welding rod to the neck of a 15-year-old classmate. The injured teen was treated. The other boy was taken into custody and was released on Wednesday. He's due back in court on Feb.

Bill Promotes Pledge Of Allegiance
Patriotism and the value of U.S. citizenship would be recognized first thing in the morning in all Nebraska public schools, under a bill up for debate next week in the state Legislature. Sen. Tony Fulton of Lincoln says a United States flag should be posted in every public school classroom and students should be led in the Pledge of Allegiance during the first class of every school day. Starting

More Room For Flood Water
The unusually warm winter weather allowed the Army Corps of Engineers to clear out some additional flood-storage space in the Missouri River's reservoirs. The corps said Friday it has about 16.8 million acre-feet of space for floodwater in the reservoirs. That's about 500,000 acre-feet more than normal. Jody Farhat, who oversees the six dams along the river, says the corps was able to release

Supreme Court: "Learning Community OK"
The Nebraska Supreme Court says the taxing authority used by a board that oversees nearly a dozen Omaha-area school districts is constitutional. In a decision released Friday, the high court overturned a Sarpy County ruling that said taxes levied by the Learning Community board were unconstitutional. The Supreme Court says it's clear that the taxes serve a mostly local purpose. Plus the court

Judge Clears Way For Moore Execution
A Douglas County judge has rejected an appeal by death row inmate Carey Dean Moore. Moore challenged the state's intention to use lethal injections. District Judge Thomas Otepka ruled that the process of execution is not the same as the death sentence itself, so any errors in the steps toward the execution don't void the sentence. Moore was convicted of killing two Omaha cab drivers in 1979. He

Death Row Inmate Loses Appeal
The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected appeals filed by a Texas man on Nebraska's death row for killing two men in 2007. Marco Torres Jr., formerly of Pasadena, Texas, was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges for shooting to death two Grand Island residents, 48-year-old Timothy Donohue and 60-year-old Edward Hall. Torres says some evidence shouldn't have been allowed at his trial

Lotter Appeals To U.S. Supreme Court
A Nebraska death row inmate whose murder case inspired the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry" has filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. John Lotter and a co-defendant were convicted in the 1993 slaying of a 21-year-old woman who lived briefly as a man and two witnesses to the killing. Lotter has maintained his innocence. In August, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of

Chief Reviewing Cops Seat Belt Use
Lincoln Police Chief Jim Peschong says seatbelt use among officers will be discussed following an officer's death in a traffic accident. Tony Howe, of York, died his way to work at the Lincoln Police Department when his car veered off Interstate 80 on Jan. 25. The accident investigator says Howe was not wearing a seat belt - and that he rarely did, at least in his own car. Peschong says he's

10 Or More Inches Of Snow Likely
The National Weather Service this morning (Friday) is saying Lincoln can expect 10 or more inches of snow from a storm that will start today (Friday) as rain. Meteorologist, Beck Kern, tells KFOR NEWS snow starts around Midnight or so, then changes to wet, heavy snow. Deepest amounts will fall along the I-80 corridor and between Lincoln and Columbus. Wind will blow between 15 and 25 mph, but

New Library Looks To Have A New Feel
A new library downtown could look nothing like you've ever seen...it could have downloading stations and sound-proof booths where you can talk on your cell phone. It could have a coffee shop/cafe where people can have lunch. It could have plenty of meeting rooms and quiet spaces...places for public computer use and places you can use your own computer. It could have art and office space. Oh