02-04-13

Posted on Feb 4th, 2013 at 7:36 am

Happy Birthday Wishes to:

Cindy Brewer, Keith Lenton, Pat McCollough, Rich Richardson

Skywatch Weather:

Today, cloudy, high near 37. Tonight, mostly cloudy, low around 27. Tuesday, sunny, high near 49.

Sports:

ESPN Radio now at 105.9 WJAG-FM & 780 WJAG-AM Mon-Fri at 5:00 PM & Sat & Sun at 4:00!

The Baltimore Ravens won their second Super Bowl in twelve years by holding off the favored San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in Super Bowl XLVII at the New Orleans Superdome. Joe Flacco tossed three touchdown passes in the first half as the Ravens opened a 21-6 halftime edge, including a 56-yarder to Jacoby Jones just before halftime. Jones opened the second half with an electrifying 108-yard touchdown record, the longest kickoff return in Super Bowl history. Then a power outage delayed play for 35 minutes, which seemed to breathe life into the Niners. Trailing 28-6 when the power went out, San Francisco came to life with 17 points over a 4:14 stretch of the third quarter to make it 28-23. After Baltimore took a 31-23 lead, the Niners scored a touchdown to cut it to 31-29. The Ravens added a late field goal and then in the final seconds took an intentional safety to make the final margin 34-31. Flacco was named the Super Bowl MVP. He went 22 of 33 for 287 yards and the three scores. Baltimore also won the Super Bowl in 2001.

The Nebraska football team wrestled away a recruit from Missouri according to the Lincoln Journal Star. Defensive end Dimarya Mixon has decided on Nebraska after a prior commitment to Missouri on December eighth. Rated a three-star prospect, Mixon had a healthy list of offers, including from Arizona State, Ole Miss, Baylor, West Virginia, Syracuse, Colorado, Illinois and Purdue. Mixon once was committed to Arizona State, before switching to Missouri on Dec. 8. Of the 25 pledges now in the Husker class, six are defensive linemen. The 6’3, 265-pound Mixon joins Ernest Suttles of Florida, A.J. Natter of Wisconsin, and junior-college prospect Randy Gregory of Arizona Western Community College listed as defensive ends in this class. Mixon gives Nebraska its third commitment since Wednesday, with athlete Drake Martinez and offensive lineman Chongo Kondolo also committing last week. The class could have as many as 28 recruits, though it might not reach that size with national signing day Wednesday.

Tuesday Evening: The Northeast Hawk women and men’s basketball teams visits Southeast Community College in Beatrice in a 5:30 doubleheader starting with the women’s game. Pregame coverage at approximately 5:10 on Newstalk WJAG 105.9 FM & WJAG.com.

Local Scores: Nebraska 80 Minnesota 56 (WBB).

Kwifax:

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News Briefs:

Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy has resigned from office following inquiries into his use of a state-issued cell phone. An investigation by the Omaha World-Herald found that Sheehy, a Republican, made about 2,000 late-night telephone calls to women other than his wife.

A Bellevue emergency room doctor says she had a long-term relationship with Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy, who resigned yesterday as news broke of his relationships with other women. The Bellevue doctor, Theresa Hatcher, told The Associated Press yesterday that she and Sheehy met during a meeting of emergency responders in 2008. Hatcher says she thought she "was the only one."

Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says he plans to begin a search Monday to replace Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy, who resigned abruptly following questions into his use of a state cell phone to make calls to multiple women who are not his wife. Heineman said in a press conference yesterday that he will appoint a new lieutenant governor in the coming weeks. Sheehy's wife, Connie, filed for a divorce last July after nearly 29 years of marriage.

Northeast Community College has joined the many institutions that use the Apple iPad for class work. Approximately 320 Northeast students and 18 faculty members have school-provided iPads as part of the Transforming Teaching and Learning pilot project.

One of three preliminary amateur nights will be held in Norfolk this weekend in preparation for the 2013 Viaero Great American Comedy Festival. Doors open at the Divots Conference Center at 7 p.m. Saturday, with the comedians taking the stage at 8 o'clock. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door.

A 48-year-old Newcastle man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 12 in Dixon County Friday morning. The Dixon County Sheriff's Office reports that Brian Chase was a passenger in a car that left the road and struck a tree head on. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, 43-year-old Alison Clickenger, was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City by Mercy Air Care. The accident, which occurred three miles west of Newcastle. The Dixon Sheriff's Office reports that seat belts were not in use.

Nebraska lawmakers will hold a public hearing later this month on a proposal to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care law. Supporters say the bill would extend coverage to more than 54,000 uninsured Nebraskans, but Governor Dave Heineman and some lawmakers have argued that the plan is unaffordable.

Senate panel is set to hold a hearing tomorrow on a measure that'd require a cognitive test for drivers who are at least 80-years-old. Scottsbluff Senator John Harms says the bill would promote safety. It'd affect about 60,000 Nebraskans.