VALENTINE, Neb. – An Arkansas man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for hitting and killing a bicyclist near Valentine last year.
Family and friends of both the victim and the defendant filled the Cherry County Courthouse on Friday for the emotional sentencing.
Marylin Covalciuc, the widow of 83-year-old Larry Covalciuc of Council Bluffs, Iowa, said her husband was a passionate cyclist and photographer whose work had been displayed in galleries across the country. He was participating in Tour De Nebraska when he was struck and killed…