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Nebraska man accused of sexually abusing vulnerable adult pleads not guilty
ORD, Neb. (KOLN) – The Ord man accused of sexually assaulting a vulnerable adult has pled not guilty.
During his district court arraignment, 50-year-old Gregory Paul plead not guilty to four felony counts. They include first-degree sexual assault, abuse of a vulnerable adult and two other charges.
Valley County Judge Karin Noakes scheduled a trial for Paul in January of 2025. His next court date was scheduled for Aug. 20 for depositions.
According to an arrest affidavit, Paul is accused of sexually assaulting an Ord woman with “substantial mental impairments” on multiple occasions.
Authorities learned of the alleged assaults on May 17. Caretakers took her for an interview with a sexual assault nurse examiner where she detailed a string of abuses, prosecutors allege. She told the nurse that Paul had been assaulting her in a variety of manners, and authorities think he had manipulated her over the phone to make the assaults easier.
Police wrote that Paul had also been taking the woman to Grand Island to let another man sexually assault her. She had most recently been assaulted by the man on May 15, according to the affidavit.
Paul’s bond has been set at 10% of $500,000, according to jail records.
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said Thursday that he has asked President Donald Trump to issue a major disaster declaration for damage caused by storms that hit the state May 15-18.
The storms spawned tornadoes and flash flooding across Buffalo, Fillmore, Gage, Howard, Jefferson, Nemaha, Thayer and Thurston counties. There were numerous downed power poles and lines as well as extensive damage to schools, building and roadways. Damage just to public infrastructure is estimated at nearly $5 million.
In addition to the disaster declaration request, Pillen said he also has requested access to the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which provides funding to governments to allow them to rebuild in ways that will reduce or mitigate future disaster losses. Approval would allow the state to apply for such grants.
Thursday’s disaster declaration request is the second in two months. Back in May, Pillen requested one for historic wildfires in March that impacted Arthur, Garden, Grant, Lincoln and Morill counties. At the time of the request, it was estimated there was at least $9.7 million in damage from the fires, which were the worst in Nebraska’s history.
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Bandits back in the win column with tournament-opening victory in Nebraska – East Idaho News
OMAHA, Neb. – The Bandits opened the Omaha, Nebraska tournament with a 7-4 win over Fremont.
The Bandits, coming off two losses to Billings at last week’s Bandits Invitational, trailed 4-3 in the fifth, but tied it up on a sac fly by Cole Croft.
They scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth for the win.
Carter Bowen finished 3 for 3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Conner Cannon and Taye Lords each knocked in two runs for Idaho Falls (10-2).
Tyson Christenson picked up the win with four innings of relief.
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LOWELL, Neb. (WOWT) – On this day in 1872, the boomtown of Lowell, Nebraska was named the seat of Kearney County.
The Nebraska State Historical Society says the Burlington and Missouri River Railroads chose it as a town site the year before.
For a short time, it became a major shipping point for central Nebraska.
Its status would be short-lived.
Later that year, the railroad expanded to Kearney, which became the center for regional trading.
Lowell’s land office was removed in 1874.
Four years later, the boom town was nothing more than a village.
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