RECAP: All of Wednesday's biggest stories

A recap of the biggest stories from across Nebraska on Wednesday, December 2, 2020:

Ricketts decided in July not to withhold CARES Act funds, didn't tell counties

Lincoln Police looking for suspects involved in video-captured shooting

Six-hour standoff ends with arrest in Hayes Center

Lancaster County Corrections in lockdown after 12 positive COVID-19 cases

Scottsbluff City Council opposes public health resolution

Wayne becomes latest Nebraska city to enact mask mandate

COVID-19 hospitalizations decline, deaths rise in Nebraska Tuesday

Bellevue City Council passes mask resolution instead of mandate

Nebraska could get first virus vaccine doses in mid-December

Seth Sorensen interviews for City Manager of Scottsbluff

Omaha’s new garbage collector off to slow start

North Platte City Council sworn in while mayor bids farewell

ACLU agrees to drop lawsuit against Nebraska’s prison system

Mayor Pease expects water repairs in Peru this week

Switch in wholesale electric suppliers paying off for Beatrice

Slama warns that work is still ahead for Peru levee

Valentine Police report counterfeit money

Nebraska and other states are resorting to unorthodox measures to fill their nurse and doctor shortages

South Sioux City woman thinks she wins $1K, actually wins $100K

Sidney officials are working to implement ideas from their newly adopted master plan

Independent Nebraskan Cattlemen want to make owner verification a requirement