Local births

RACINE To Bowen and Loretta (Stanley) Racine of Grand Island, a daughter born March 3 at Saint Francis Medical Center.

Area births

OLVERA-NAVARRETE To Miguel Olvera and Mayra Navarrete of Hastings, a son born March 2 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings.

HOUGHTELLING To Jeremy and Jill (Zimmerman) Houghtelling of Hastings, a son born Feb. 29 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings. Grandparents are Leon and Debbie Zimmerman of Broken Bow and Ken and Beth Houghtelling of Cambridge. Great-grandparents are Lee and Beverly DeGroff of Brewster, Dale and DeLilah Zimmerman of Broken Bow, Lloyd Frandsen of Cambridge and Garnett and Lamoinne McConville of McCook.

State births

GEARHART To Cory and Heather (Petersen) Gearhart of Lincoln, a daughter born Feb. 21 at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln. Grandparents are Warren and Patricia Petersen of Grand Island and Mark and Jenny Gearhart of Columbus. Great-grandmother is Darline Muller of St. Paul.

MEAD To Greg Mead of Wood River and Lori Sierra of Kearney, a daughter born Feb. 29 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.

O'NEILL To Matthew and Sara (Adam) O'Neill of Kearney, a son born Feb. 18 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Grandparents are Leonard and Ronda Adam of Hyannis, Daniel O'Neill of Grand Island and the late Dixie O'Neill. Great-grandparents are Bobbie Perrin of Hyannis, Wilma Keown of Grand Island and Mary Elaine O'Neill of Grand Island.

SMITH To Steve and Alissa (Gronewold) Smith of Bloomfield, a son born Jan. 16 at Yankton (S.D.) Avera Hospital. Grandparents are Pete and Pat Smith of Chapman, Don Gronewold of Grand Island and the late Beverly Gronewold, and Lyle and Mary Ellen Poppe of Graham, Wash. Great-grandparents are LaVerna Reimers of Grand Island and Eloise Poppe of Bloomfield.

Other births

HELIE To Adam and Jamee Helie of Irving, Texas, a son born Feb. 25. Grandparents are Jim and Teresa Helie and Gene and Marsha Sedlacek, all of North Platte. Great-grandparents are Terry and Virginia Tyma and Steve and Ruth Fleck, all of North Platte, and Maxine and Red Williams and Mary Helie, all of Grand Island, and the late Gerard Helied. Great-great grandmother is Doris M. Jensen of Grand Island.

Police/Sheriff

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:

* Bruce and Ashley Bluhm, 3009 Colorado Ave., reported criminal mischief there. A vehicle was damaged.

* John Duncan and Kent Orr, 916 W. Sixth St., reported a burglary there.

* Farmer's Insurance, Jeffry Vinson, Doniele S. Boehler, Floret Flower's and Gifts, 3406 Capital Ave., reported a burglary there.

* Deanna Strom, Laurel, Mo., reported a theft at 2620 N. Diers Ave. Money was stolen from her room at the Days Inn.

Hall County Sheriff

Law enforcement arrested three people on warrants in three cases. The following felony was reported:

* Consolidated Blenders, 7337 W. Blender Road, reported a theft there. Copper was stolen.

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

Hall County Jail

The Hall County Jail has 118 inmates, booked in eight people and released eight people.

Court report

Hall County Court

* Peggy S. Svoboda, 50, 2008 E. Seedling Mile Road Apt. 2, had a charge of possession of methamphetamine dismissed for a Nov. 27, 2007, incident.

* Jamie L. Monie, 37, 662 Faidley Place No. 5, was charged with strangulation, false imprisonment, terroristic threats and third-degree domestic assault for a March 3 incident involving Carriann Monie.

Hall County District Court

* Jeri L. Jensen, 31, 1205 Cedar Ridge Court Apt. 14B, was sentenced to three years probation and was ordered to pay $1,834 restitution for theft by unlawful taking for an incident that occurred between March 3 and April 7, 2007, involving property of Famous Footwear.

* Patrick C. Meyers, 45, Dannebrog, was sentenced to two years probation for possession of clonazpam for a March 12, 2007, incident.

* Jay C. Martens, 30, 203 Ponderosa Drive, was sentenced to four to six years in prison for burglary for a July 17, 2007, incident.

* Stephanie R. Edwards, also known as Stephanie Proctor, 27, 2214 N. Huston Ave., was sentenced to one to two years in prison and was ordered to pay $1,707 restitution for theft by shoplifting for a Sept. 19, 2006, incident.

* Ryan D. Hauf, 23, Hastings, pleaded no contest to writing insufficient/no funds checks for an incident that occurred between April 2 and April 3, 2007. He was sentenced to 79 days in jail and was ordered to pay $144 restitution.

* Donald A. Adams, 33, 507 W. Second St. No. 215, pleaded not guilty to theft by shoplifting for an incident that occurred between Oct. 21, 2007, and Dec. 18, 2007. His trial is scheduled for April.

* Jason L. Arnett, 39, 1215 W. Louise No. 5, pleaded not guilty to distribution of marijuana and child abuse for a Sept. 26, 2007, incident. His trial is scheduled for June.

* Gary R. Lemburg, 41, 2805 Fort Worth Court, pleaded no contest to theft by unlawful taking for a Jan. 1, 2006, incident. He will enter the Central Nebraska Drug Court on Friday.

* Jeffrey J. Corrigan, 47, 1415 N. Cleburn, pleaded not guilty to driving during 15-year license revocation and third-offense driving under the influence for a Dec. 5, 2007, incident. His pretrial is scheduled for March 20.

* Timothy S. Lanham, 31, Ravenna, pleaded not guilty to fourth-offense driving under the influence for a Dec. 28, 2007, incident. His trial is scheduled for July.

* Denby G. Fairbanks, 34, 2402 W. First St., pleaded not guilty to distribution of methamphetamine for an April 26, 2007, incident. His pretrial is scheduled for March 20.

* Quinton H. Wright, 42, 1205 Cedar Ridge Court At. 8B, pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping, operation of a vehicle to avoid arrest, resisting arrest and willful reckless driving for an Oct. 6, 2007, incident involving Angela Wright. His trial is scheduled for July.

* Tyler R. Nuss, 20, 912 N. Adams St., pleaded not guilty to possession of visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct for a Dec. 18, 2007, incident. His trial is scheduled for July.

Driving under the influence

Crystal L. Sallinger, 28, 403 W. Ninth St., $400, six months probation, 60 days no driving; Mitchel R. Hinrichs, 26, 339 S. Vine St., $400, six months probation, 60 days no driving; Mark L. Adams, 49, Holstein, second offense, $500, 30 days in jail, one year no driving; Kurt K. Johnson, 21, 3022 W. 10th St., $400, six months probation, 60 days no driving; Aron Gonzalez, 32, Hastings, $400, 60 days no driving, six months probation.

Correction

Due to incorrect information provided to the Independent for Thursday's YourTicket, The Platt Deutsche is providing the dinner for "The Diamond Heist."