Humboldt News

A Nebraska man who jumped from a 50-foot cliff suffered moderate injuries Monday evening when he hit the water, the Missouri Water Patrol reported.

Monday morning probably isn't the time to debate the question of whether a state should impose the death penalty on those convicted of brutal and heinous murders.

Power is back on for about 300 customers of the Nebraska Public Power District as personnel continue to work to restore power to several communities in southeast Nebraska following Tuesday's ice storm. via KTIC

“The tree limbs and power lines are hanging low around here”

A snow and ice storm that gripped the southern Plains caused problems as far north as Nebraska, where there were power outages, school closings and one death blamed on slick roads. via Columbus Telegram

“We will do everything we can to uphold those sentences. What is most discouraging is the prolonged process for the families of the victims.”

" On the eve of a court hearing on the matter, Attorney General Jon Bruning said today that he would oppose a new trial or new sentencing hearing for convicted murderer John Lotter. via Omaha World-Herald

“I've been labeled by default as a liar, the killer, this monster of Humboldt.”

Tecumseh, NE- He is on death row for a murder so notorious, it was made into an Academy Award winning movie. via Action 3 News