News from Neighbors
S.A.R.A. sets up in Yuma; victim advocacy center brings services closer
YUMA PIONEER, Sept. 28 — Critical services to victims of sexual assault and abuse, particularly children, is now much more readily available for those living in Yuma and surrounding areas.
Sexual Assault Response Advocates, Inc. has set up a location in Yuma City Hall, where its experts will conduct interviews and examinations of victims. An open house was held at the new location last Friday.
S.A.R.A. has been helping to reduce trauma to abuse victims since 2006. It initially served adults but soon expanded to include children. It has been accredited through the National Children’s Alliance since 2008.
Director Paula Bragg has been operating the S.A.R.A. House in Fort Morgan since its inception. Bragg said local law enforcement asked for a closer location, thus setting up a satellite office in Yuma.
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Union Pacific celebrates 150 years in Nebraska communities with golden spike presentation
CHAPPELL REGISTER, Sept. 28 — Union Pacific presented a commemorative golden spike to Chappell, Nebraska, Mayor Steve Brott during an open house at the Chappell Golf Club on Friday, Sept. 22.
Union Pacific serves nearly 7,300 communities — many of which can trace their origins directly to a Union Pacific depot or water stop.
However, what makes Chappell significant is that its history is linked by its everlasting connection to the construction of the original transcontinental railroad line that connected the United States for the first time.
In 1862, Union Pacific was signed into existence by President Abraham Lincoln. He envisioned a transcontinental railroad to bring the entire nation closer together and make Americans across the continent feel like one people.
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Trenton man sentenced for kidnapping, manslaughter
WAUNETA BREEZE, Sept. 28 — John R. Leahy of Trenton, Nebraska, was sentenced Sept. 18 in Hitchcock County (Nebraska) District Court on multiple charges, including kidnapping and manslaughter.
The charges against Leahy, 25, resulted from an investigation by the Hitchcock County Sheriff’s Office into the disappearance of Austin Wright of Palisade, Nebraska, age 22, who was reported missing on March 9, 2014, by his mother.
The body of Wright was found by deputies in a small oil well injection site A-frame on April 11, 2014. Hypothermia was the cause of death. According to the investigation, Wright was taken to a remote area in rural Hitchcock County by Leahy and told to get out of Leahy’s vehicle in the late night or early morning hours of March 6 or 7, 2014.
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