[az_gila]

The report linked to in post #1 didn't mention this bit, which was on the local newspaper web site -

It was the parade float that elicited the loudest cheers Friday at Norfolk's Fourth of July parade. The crowd lining the streets clapped and laughed as the flatbed truck went by.

http://journalstar.com/news/local/

[El Gato]

which was on the local newspaper web site -

That's not a local paper, it's 120 miles away from Norfolk. They have their own local paper. Although the Lincoln and Omaha papers are sold and delivered there as well. The TV station with the original story, is also not local.