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Nebraska briefs for Sunday, July 5
Police arrest two in pistol-whipping of Omaha child
OMAHA (AP) — Omaha police have arrested two people in connection with the pistol-whipping of a 3-year-old boy.
Omaha Police Officer Michael Pecha says the boy’s father, 21-year-old Derico Hebron, and his girlfriend, 26-year-old Le Mesha Wright, were arrested shortly after midnight.
Police say Hebron and Wright got into an argument at a northwest Omaha apartment on Friday afternoon. Police say Hebron his the boy in the head with a gun during the argument.
The child was taken by ambulance to an Omaha hospital with a head injury, but he is expected to recover. Officials say the child had a cut under one eye.
Both Hebron and Wright are suspected of domestic assault.
Mission brings 200 volunteers to Omaha
OMAHA (AP) — More than 200 young people are wrapping up a weeklong volunteer effort in Omaha.
Volunteers from across the country with the Mission Omaha summer work camp have been building decks and wheelchair ramps, painting houses and handling other repairs for elderly, low-income and disabled homeowners.
The group wraps up the effort Saturday.
The Christian-based group Mission Omaha Foundation, Inc., organized the camp.
Omaha man drives self to hospital after shooting
OMAHA (AP) — Omaha police are investigating a shooting that was reported after the victim drove himself to a hospital.
Police said the 22-year-old man drove himself to Immanuel Hospital around 4 a.m. Saturday.
The victim told police that he was driving near the King Science Center Middle School in northeast Omaha when a group of people in a white pickup truck started firing a gun. The victim says four or five people were in the truck.
Police say the man’s injuries are not considered life threatening.
Visitors enjoy higher water levels in west
OGALLALA (AP) — The water in western Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy is at its highest level since 2002.
So visitors to the reservoir near Ogallala have plenty of water to enjoy over the July 4th holiday weekend. The lake is roughly eight feet higher than it was last year at this time thanks to a wet spring and healthy snowmelt runoff from the Rocky Mountains.
Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District officials estimate the lake is at 54 percent of its capacity.
OMAHA (AP) — Omaha police have arrested two people in connection with the pistol-whipping of a 3-year-old boy.
Omaha Police Officer Michael Pecha says the boy’s father, 21-year-old Derico Hebron, and his girlfriend, 26-year-old Le Mesha Wright, were arrested shortly after midnight.
Police say Hebron and Wright got into an argument at a northwest Omaha apartment on Friday afternoon. Police say Hebron his the boy in the head with a gun during the argument.
The child was taken by ambulance to an Omaha hospital with a head injury, but he is expected to recover. Officials say the child had a cut under one eye.
Both Hebron and Wright are suspected of domestic assault.
Mission brings 200 volunteers to Omaha
OMAHA (AP) — More than 200 young people are wrapping up a weeklong volunteer effort in Omaha.
Volunteers from across the country with the Mission Omaha summer work camp have been building decks and wheelchair ramps, painting houses and handling other repairs for elderly, low-income and disabled homeowners.
The group wraps up the effort Saturday.
The Christian-based group Mission Omaha Foundation, Inc., organized the camp.
Omaha man drives self to hospital after shooting
OMAHA (AP) — Omaha police are investigating a shooting that was reported after the victim drove himself to a hospital.
Police said the 22-year-old man drove himself to Immanuel Hospital around 4 a.m. Saturday.
The victim told police that he was driving near the King Science Center Middle School in northeast Omaha when a group of people in a white pickup truck started firing a gun. The victim says four or five people were in the truck.
Police say the man’s injuries are not considered life threatening.
Visitors enjoy higher water levels in west
OGALLALA (AP) — The water in western Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy is at its highest level since 2002.
So visitors to the reservoir near Ogallala have plenty of water to enjoy over the July 4th holiday weekend. The lake is roughly eight feet higher than it was last year at this time thanks to a wet spring and healthy snowmelt runoff from the Rocky Mountains.
Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District officials estimate the lake is at 54 percent of its capacity.
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