Senators Take Issue With Parts Of Nebraska Budget Package
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A proposal to balance the state budget for the next five months is drawing criticism from some Nebraska lawmakers who say it will do more long-term harm than good. Senators on...
View ArticleMidwest Economic Survey Suggests More Improvement in January
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Results from a monthly survey of business supply managers suggest economic conditions continue to improve in nine Midwest and Plains states. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index...
View ArticleO’Neill Man Gets 75 Years To Life In Prison For Killing Wife
O’NEILL, Neb. (AP) — A 38-year-old O’Neill man has been given 75 years to life in prison for killing his wife. Court records say Eduardo Barajas Quintero was sentenced Monday. He’d pleaded no contest...
View ArticleCub Scouts Leader Imprisoned For Sex Assault On Teen Girl
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been imprisoned for sexually assaulting a teenage girl he met when he was a Cub Scouts den father. 40-year-old Matthew Towle was sentenced Tuesday to 13 to 25...
View ArticleDawes County 4-H Shooters Compete at Mitchell
Chadron, NE – The Dawes County 4-H Shooting Sports members were on the road again, Sunday, January 29, competing at the Scotts Bluff County Panhandle Best Shoot in Mitchell, Nebraska. Several members...
View ArticleChief Says Officers’ Shooting Of Armed Man Was justified
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha police chief says the shooting of a man who’d shot an officer was justified. Chief Todd Schmaderer (SHMAH’-dur) said in a news release Tuesday that the shooting by Officers...
View ArticleAudit: Nebraska Roads Worker Gave Pavement Bits For Beer
ORD, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska roads supervisor has been fired after state auditors alleged he exchanged asphalt millings for beer. Auditors shared the allegations of the unnamed employee with Nebraska...
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WNCC Chamber Spotlight Business
Nebraska’s Panhandle has been served for 90 years by Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC) by educating the residents and making a path for the future for all ages. There are three campus...
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Lanik, Hemingford Teacher of Month
Eagle Radio says congrats to Hemingford 5th and 6th Grade Teacher, Mrs. Cindy Lanik for being nominated for January’s Teacher of the Month by Total Reflections! Great Western Bank provided goodies...
View ArticleOmaha Police Investigate Suspected Fatal Accidental Shooting
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officers are investigating what they suspect is an accidental shooting in western Omaha. Medics and officers who were sent to a home Tuesday morning found a wounded man. Police say...
View ArticleCrawford Snow Emergency
CRAWFORD SNOW EMERGENCY FEB. 1 AND 2 Snow Emergencies are declared when 3” or more of snow are forecast. Snow removal begins after midnight and requires two nights. No Parking on Emergency Routes:...
View ArticleNebraska Girl Scouts Giving Away A Car
To celebrate 100 years of Girl Scouts selling cookies, the Spirit of Nebraska council is giving away a 2017 Toyota RAV4 known as the Cookie Car. The prize was made possible through a donation by Baxter...
View ArticleNebraska Could Join Call For Constitutional Convention
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska could join eight other Republican-dominated states calling for a convention of states to pass constitutional amendments limiting federal government power. Sen. Laura Ebke...
View ArticleOmaha Police Say Teenage Son Accidentally Shot Father
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say an Omaha man was fatally shot on his birthday by his teenage son in what appears to have been an accident. Omaha police were called Tuesday night to an apartment in...
View ArticleKearney Woman Pleads Not Guilty Child Abuse Charge
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — A 50-year-old Kearney woman has pleaded not guilty to a child abuse charge. Online court records say Rebacca Hofaker-Zeller entered the plea last month. Her next court hearing is...
View ArticleBoy Struck, Killed Walking Near Wahoo School
WAHOO, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a boy died after he was struck by a pickup truck while walking near his school in Wahoo. Saunders County Sheriff Kevin Stukenholtz says the boy was struck about 3:45...
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Mystery On Main Street Returns to Chadron
Trunk Butte Christian School’s 5th Annual “Mystery On Main Street” is coming up next week on the 10th and 11th in Chadron. Eagle Radio’s Sales Executive, and News Correspondent Aaron Willey sat down to...
View ArticleMountain Lion Found on Scottsbluff Front Porch is Killed
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have killed a mountain lion that was found on the front porch of a home in Scottsbluff. Scottsbluff police say the animal was first reported around 11:40 p.m....
View ArticleOmaha Receives Last Refugees Before Full Ban Implemented
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Afghan family became the last refugees to land in Omaha before President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing all refugee resettlements took full effect. Rahimullah Rahimi, his...
View ArticleLincoln Man Gets 4-8 Years For Crash Death Of Girlfriend
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been imprisoned for a motorcycle crash that killed his girlfriend in 2014. 23-year-old Tyler Wilson on Thursday was given four to eight years behind bars. He’d...
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