A Missing Endangered Advisory is issued for a 26-year-old pregnant woman from Stromsburg. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says Hannah Neville was last seen in Stromsburg on January 15th and she had been traveling to meet her boyfriend, 27-year-old Roberto Tanner, in Lincoln. A vehicle owned by Neville was found engulfed in flames near 39th Street and Cornhusker Highway on January 16th.Tanner is considered a person of interest in the case.
A protestor is taken to a hospital after being struck by an SUV at a student protest at Fremont High School. Police were called to the school yesterday afternoon after a student protestor was struck by a red SUV. The incident took place during a student-led protest of ICE immigration enforcement. Nebraska officials are responding, with Governor Jim Pillen saying political violence, no matter what, is never okay. Congressman Mike Flood says the video of the girl being struck by a car at the protest is disturbing.
A new bill regarding bathrooms is sparking a debate at Nebraska’s State Capitol. A public hearing was held Wednesday night about LB 730, which would require schools and state agencies to enforce bathrooms and locker rooms based on a person’s assigned sex at birth. State Senator Kathleen Kauth introduced the bill and said that it would “continue to establish a scientific standard for the state” rather than gender expression. Many people were for and against the bill, causing the hearing to last seven hours…