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updated: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:45 pm

Murdock News

Local news for Murdock, NE continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Friday Jun 20 | WOWT-TV Omaha

Crime Lab, Investigators Under The Microscope

The head of the Douglas County Crime Lab is on paid administrative leave while the lab, Nebraska State Patrol and Cass County Sheriff's Department are being sued in connection with how a murder investigation ...

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Related Topix: Douglas County, NE, Cass County, NE

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Omaha World-Herald

CSI chief suspended amid investigation

The commander of Douglas County's crime scene investigations has been put on paid suspension as authorities try to determine how he found a microscopic amount of a murder victim's blood in a car that had no ...

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE, Douglas County, NE, Violent Crime, Cass County, NE, Dunning, NE

Tue May 20, 2008

Omaha World-Herald

Monday's local scoreboard

American Legion Baseball results: Monday SENIORS Elmwood-Murdock 5, Ashland-Greenwood 4: Facing a bases loaded, no-out jam in the top of the seventh, David Hvorka struck out the side to preserve the win for ...

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Mon Apr 28, 2008

Omaha World-Herald

Dry since 1886, Elmwood faces vote on alcohol sales

“We have increased our business 15 to 20 percent since we got the permits”

ELMWOOD, Neb. - One of Nebraska's oldest dry towns will decide whether it's time to rewrite history. via Omaha World-Herald

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Related Topix: Plattsmouth, NE, Nebraska, Eagle, NE, Cass County, NE

Tue Mar 25, 2008

WebWire

Re-greening of Murdock wetlands is a joint effort

In Murdock, Neb., a small village south of Omaha, Argonne planted more than 2,000 trees in 2005. via WebWire

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Environmental Law, Law

Sun Mar 16, 2008

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Mixed results in bond elections

“The community looked at it and said, 'We've done our homework, and we've done our research, and we've done what's best for the long-term health of the community,'”

Local taxes are going up in some parts of Nebraska, thanks to voters who decided the projects they'll be paying for are worth the money. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

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Related Topix: Nebraska, Buffalo County, NE, Wahoo, NE, Kenesaw, NE

Fri Mar 14, 2008

Action 3 News

Man Jailed for Seven Months--Then Released--Files Lawsuit

Matt Livers, who was released from jail after spending seven months locked up for a double murder, has filed a lawsuit. via Action 3 News

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Related Topix: Cass County, NE

Wed Mar 12, 2008

Omaha World-Herald

Man exonerated in Cass County killings files suit

“Therefore . . . blood from the crime scene was planted in the Will Sampson automobile by one or more persons whose identity is not now known to (us).”

A former Nebraska man filed suit Tuesday against Cass County and investigators after he spent more than seven months in jail before being exonerated in the April 2006 slayings of his uncle and aunt in their ... via Omaha World-Herald

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE, Nebraska

Sun Mar 09, 2008

Omaha World-Herald

Elmwood-Murdock 59, Grand Island CC 48

Solid shooting helped Elmwood-Murdock win its first Class C-2 boys basketball championship. via Omaha World-Herald

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Related Topix: Grand Island, NE

Sat Feb 23, 2008

Beatrice Daily Sun

Lawmakers weigh emotional debate over parole for murderers

“They left my parents lying on the floor in their bedroom for me to find the next day”

People on both sides of a measure that would allow young murderers to be released from prison made emotional pleas to lawmakers Wednesday inside a hearing room that included relatives of people brutally ... via Beatrice Daily Sun

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Thu Feb 21, 2008

The Papillion Times

Plan offers young killers a 2nd chance

A lawmaker who wants to end Nebraska's practice of putting away teenage murderers for life preached a message of hope and second chances Wednesday. via The Papillion Times

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE, Nebraska, Douglas County, NE

Wed Feb 20, 2008

Lincoln Journal Star

Area closings, cancellations

“Schools are cancelled due to the large amount of UV rays that could harm our kids.”

Several area schools were closed and events canceled on Wednesday due to low wind chills. via Lincoln Journal Star

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Related Topix: Greenwood, NE, Syracuse, NE, Dunbar, NE, Avoca, NE, Louisville, NE

Mon Jan 14, 2008

Omaha World-Herald

Nebraska Supreme Court raises sentencing questions

“How can you have this wide a disparity? That's a concern of the Supreme Court right now.”

Steve Walker posed the question moments after an Omaha man was sentenced for killing Walker's loved ones, Terry Jasper and Diane Caveye. via Omaha World-Herald

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE, Violent Crime

Sat Jan 05, 2008

Lincoln Journal Star

Judge upholds life sentences for Murdock murders

“Two innocent people were callously murdered in the solitude and sanctity of their own home”

The life sentences given to the Wisconsin pair convicted of breaking into a farmhouse near Murdock and shooting two people to death in 2006 were upheld Friday by the Nebraska Supreme Court. via Lincoln Journal Star

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Fri Jan 04, 2008

Omaha World-Herald

Nebraska Supreme Court rejects killers' appeals

“Without provocation or justification, two innocent people were callously murdered in the solitude and sanctity of their own home”

The Nebraska Supreme Court today rejected the appeals of two convicted killers from Wisconsin who argued that their life prison sentences were excessive for killing a rural Cass County farm couple in 2006. via Omaha World-Herald

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Related Topix: Cass County, NE, Violent Crime

Tue Dec 11, 2007

Lincoln Journal Star

Area closings

Many area schools and some businesses are closed today due to the winter storm. Stay with us for continual updates. via Lincoln Journal Star

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Related Topix: Greenwood, NE, Odell, NE, Milligan, NE, Adams, NE, Johnson County, NE

Mon Nov 12, 2007

News Net Nebraska

Math Day students go on a tangent at UNL

“Any day when you do math is a good day”

Walking four wide and five deep, over 1400 high school students took over the University of Nebraska City Campus on Thursday. via News Net Nebraska

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Related Topix: Nebraska City, NE, Education Etc., Coleridge, NE

Sat Nov 10, 2007

Lincoln Journal Star

Lawyers make cases in murder sentences

“He pleaded guilty because in large part his co-defendant (Reid) implicated him”

One attorney argued Friday that a Wisconsin teen's life sentences were excessive in the murders of a rural Murdock couple, while another said the death penalty would have been justified. via Lincoln Journal Star

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Related Topix: Nebraska City, NE, Death Penalty

Fri Nov 09, 2007

KOLN-TV Lincoln

Pair Convicted of Murdock Slayings Claim Life Sentences Excessive

The Wisconsin pair who were convicted of breaking into a farmhouse near Murdock and shooting two people to death in 2006 both claim the life sentences they received were excessive. via KOLN-TV Lincoln

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Thu Nov 08, 2007

WOWT-TV Omaha

Court Hears Killers' Appeals

“Appellant's culpability with respect to the Stock murders was significantly less than that of her co-defendant Gregory Fester”

The Wisconsin pair convicted of breaking into a farmhouse near Murdock and shooting two people to death in 2006 both claim the life sentences they received were excessive. via WOWT-TV Omaha

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Murdock, Nebraska is located in Cass County and is part of the Omaha, NE Metro Area. Zip codes in Murdock include 68407.

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