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Skill casino operators charged with multiple counts of income tax evasion

Mark and Bridget Haneborg of North Platte were arrested Wednesday and charged with three counts of income tax evasion and also with filing fraudulent income tax forms for three years.
Entertainment around town

A rundown of entertaining events in North Platte and Lincoln County:
Parents who have ‘been there’ discuss pregnancy, addiction
Parents who were addicted and whose children were removed by Child Protective Services put the shoe on the other foot at a panel discussion Jan. 26, delivering advice to those who try to help them.
Identified: Body found near alley (updated)

The dead body of a 20-year-old man was found Tuesday morning, Jan. 24, in the backyard of a home on the east side of the city.
Anderson wins Lip Sync Battle Belt

Jamie Anderson put on her best lip-syncing performance Friday night to bring home the battle belt for her team at the fourth annual Lip Sync Battle for Habitat for Humanity.
Federal ATF changes classification of pistol braces (updated)

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is declaring a stabilizing brace on a handgun illegal, even though the braces have been manufactured and used without objections since 2012.
State/Regional News
Lexington man sentenced for meth distribution
U.S. Attorney Steven Russell announced Friday that Rudy Ortega Raymundo of Lexington was sentenced to nine years in prison for meth possession with intent to distribute.
Rep. Flood, others push to stop Chinese from buying ag land
Reps. Mike Flood of Nebraska and Dan Newhouse of Washington, plus several other House Republicans introduced a bill Thursday to prohibit the purchase of agricultural land by the People’s Republic of China.
Pillen, other governors ask for delay of new federal rule over U.S. waters

Gov. Jim Pillen joined two dozen other state governors Tuesday asking President Joe Biden to delay a new rule defining the Waters of the United States.
Legislature considers lowering minimum wage for teens, trainees
The Business and Labor Committee heard testimony Jan. 30 on a bill that would create a youth minimum wage and a training wage for certain new employees in Nebraska.
Corrections employee charged with sex assault
Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol arrested a former employee of the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution on Monday and charged him with sexually assaulting a co-worker.
DEA: Nearly 4.7 million lethal doses of fentanyl seized in five states

In 2022, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration seized nearly 4.7 million lethal doses of fentanyl in the five states of the Omaha division.
