Local births

HEREDIA To Joshua Heredia and Emily Ney of Grand Island, a son born Jan. 31 at St. Francis Medical Center.

LANE To Brant and Christy (Gleason) Lane of Grand Island, a son born Jan. 28 at St. Francis Medical Center. Grandparents are Steve and Sheere Gleason of Grand Island and Dale and Judy Lane of Ord. Great-grandparents are Eldon and Bernice Sintek of North Loup.

Area births

GRABOWSKI To Travis and Melissa (McMullen) Grabowski of Cairo, a son born Jan. 15 at St. Francis Medical Center.

RYAN To Lance Ryan and Kendra Lawrence of Grand Island, a son born Jan. 21 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings.

Anyone with information about any crime in the state may call the Grand Island-Hall County Crime Stoppers, 381-8822. Crime Stoppers guarantees that callers will remain anonymous.

A reward of up to $1,000 will be paid after law enforcement agencies have determined the seriousness of the crime and the usefulness of the information.

Inmate custody status can be obtained by calling the VINE hotline at (877) NE 4 VINE. Information is available 24 hours a day.

If you see a crime happening, call the Grand Island-Hall County Emergency Center 911.

Grand Island Police

The following felonies were reported:

* Paul Harris, 2211 Grand Island Ave., reported a theft at 423 W. 15th St.

* Rodney Clark, 4212 W. Highway 30, reported a theft at 3021 S. Locust St. A collector's coin was stolen.

* Todd Goshorn, 3107 W. 18th St., reported a burglary there. Items were stolen from the garage.

* Christopher Lenz and Haley McMahon, 3116 W. 17th St., reported a burglary there. Items were stolen from vehicles in the garage.

* Mauricio Gomez-Caja, 616 Curtis St., Apt. 1, reported a theft there. A car stereo was stolen.

* Evelin Morales, 604 W. John St., reported a criminal impersonation. A person was arrested.

Hall County Sheriff

Law enforcement arrested eight people on warrants in eight cases. No felonies were reported.

For more information visit www.hallcountyne.gov and click on the sheriff link.

Hall County Jail

The Hall County Jail has 131 inmates, booked in 22 people and released 14 people.

Hall County District Court

* Enrique Quintero-Lopez, 31, 2603 W. Second St., was sentenced to one to two years in prison for assault by a confined person for a Sept. 4, 2007, incident involving Rodney Beckman. He was also ordered to pay $1,128 restitution.

* Maria G. Ramirez, also known as Maria L. Ramirez, 44, 823 E. 11th St., was sentenced to three years intensive supervision probation, 30 days in jail and time at the McCook Work Ethic Camp for failure to stop following a personal injury accident and second-offense driving under the influence. She was also ordered to pay a $200 fine and not to drive for 15 years. Charges of second-offense driving during suspension and possession of an open alcohol container in the vehicle were dismissed for the same incident.

* Avery L. West, 21, 516 E. 15th St., was sentenced to six months in prison for terroristic threats for a May 20, 2007, incident involving Caleb Meyers. A charge of using a knife to commit a felony was dismissed for the same incident.

* Kirsten C. Tunender, 19, 2916 N. Webb Road, was sentenced to three years probation and was ordered to pay $300 restitution for possession of methamphetamine for a March 9, 2007, incident.

Hall County Court

* Evert M. Ramirez, also known as Everett Ramirez, 17, 719 W. Ninth St., was charged with theft by unlawful taking for an Oct. 4, 2007, incident involving property of Michael Lynch.

* Clint Kirby, 39, Gonzales, La., was charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and not having a drug tax stamp for a Feb. 6 incident.

* Jacob N. James, 29, 503 E. Eighth St., was charged with strangulation and third-degree domestic assault for a Feb. 6 incident involving Mer Both.

Dinner theater tickets

Tickets for "Who Murdered My Sweetheart?," an interactive dinner theater Feb. 16 at the Platt-Duetsche, are available at both Skagway locations and the Platt-Duetsche, 1315 W. Anna. They are $25 and include dinner. For more information, call Bea Fiala at 384-9459 or 390-5184; or the Platt-Duetsche at 382-0586.

Due to incomplete information supplied to The Independent, some of this information was not included in a Your Ticket brief and calendar item in Thursday's paper.