Scanner News for Tuesday August 13, 2024

It's time for Panhandle Scanner News. I'm your host Brian Hale. Let's take a look at what's happening around the Panhandle for Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Sad news out of Scotts Bluff County on Monday morning in the form of three accidents. Monday morning scanner traffic indicated several motor vehicle accidents in the Panhandle. Just before 10.30 a.m., a minor accident occurred on Highway 71 near Stage Hill between a semi-driver and a red jeep. We spoke with a friend of the victim in the red jeep and she's okay, thankful to be alive, but definitely sore. Then shortly after that, a call came in on a motorcycle versus truck accident on Highway 26 and County Road 11. Unfortunately, the calls kept coming in, with tragedy striking on this next one, when 44-year-old Gideon Brunner was driving at a high rate of speed in a white-dodge truck on Kimball Avenue in South Gering, when he slammed into a Ford Ranger driven by J.T. Jackson, recent graduate and son of a Gering policeman. The young man died at the scene and Gideon Brunner was transported to Regional West Medical Center. The young man also had relatives or connections to all the departments locally, Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's Office, Gering Police Department, Scottsbluff Police Department, and the Nebraska State Patrol. Our prayers and condolences for everyone in each of those agencies who are reeling from yesterday's events. For more follow-up on these stories, be sure to visit our page at Panhandle Scanner. Typically, a lot of information is updated in the comments. Also, don't forget our public record every Monday through Friday when available, with Daily Jail rosters, inmate search tools, daily specials from our sponsor Main Street Market, recent arrests and arraignments, and court appearances. All available at PanhandleScanner.com.  With Scanner News, thanks again for listening and may God bless. I'm Brian Hale.