Mock Car Accident at Kimball High School Shows Consequences of Impaired and...
KIMBALL, Neb., – Kimball High School was the scene of a simulated car accident Tuesday morning, and the students became witnesses to the impact impaired and distracted driving can have on students,...
View Article“Longest Walk” Participants Arriving In Alliance Today
The Longest Walk 5.2, an awareness event calling an end to drug abuse and domestic violence, will be arriving in Alliance later today. According to the Longest Walk website, the goal of the walks is...
View ArticleCPD: Pitbull Dogs Attack Chadron Woman
On Friday, April 7, 2017, the Chadron Police Department received call from a reporting party advising a pack of Pitbull dogs attacked a woman at the intersection of West Second Street and Oak Street....
View ArticleRuling Quashing Nebraska Same-Sex Foster Parent Ban Stands
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected the state’s appeal of a ruling that struck down longstanding Nebraska policy banning same-sex couples from serving as foster parents or...
View ArticleCommittee Recommends Dismissing Chambers Residency Challenge
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A committee tasked with investigating whether Nebraska’s longest-serving state senator lives in his district has decided to ask the full Legislature to dismiss the challenge...
View ArticleTeens Involved In Rollover Accident Saturday
According to Scottsbluff County Sheriff Mark Overman, “Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Deputies, the Minatare Police Department, Fire and EMS agencies responded to an injury accident northwest of...
View ArticleMan Seeks Neighbor’s Help After Stabbing But Later Dies
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Grand Island Police are investigating a fatal stabbing that happened Saturday evening. Police say 59-year-old Christian Peterson died after being stabbed several times at his...
View ArticleBill Helps Rural Nebraska Towns With Few Houses For Workers
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — City officials and developers in rural Nebraska are closely watching a measure being considered in the Legislature that would create housing grants, but they acknowledge it won’t...
View ArticleLincoln Prison Disturbance Sees Staffer Injured, Fire Set
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska prison officials say a staff member was assaulted and a housing unit at a Lincoln prison set ablaze — the third fire set during an inmate uprising at a Nebraska prison...
View ArticleWinds Likely To Blow Kansas Smoke Into Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials are warning that the air quality in parts of eastern Nebraska could suffer this weekend as south winds blow in smoke from Kansas agriculture fires. Douglas County health...
View ArticleSpecial Events Set For Renovated West Nebraska Nature Center Near Gering
GERING, Neb. (AP) — A series of Wildcat Weekends events has been scheduled for the newly expanded and renovated Wildcat Hills Nature Center at Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area near Gering. The first...
View ArticlePrescribed Fire In Alliance
A prescribed fire will take place between April 12 and April 30 on two separate tracts of land currently leased by the Nebraska Game and Park Commission, which are located on airport property in an...
View ArticleDriver Injured When Car Goes Airborne, Lands In Omaha Lake
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a driver was seriously injured when her car crashed into Glenn Cunningham Lake in north Omaha. Police say the woman was driving west on Nebraska Highway 36 Sunday...
View ArticleWoman Fatally Injured, Husband Hurt In Motorcycle Crash
BLAIR, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an Omaha woman has died and her husband has been injured in a motorcycle crash north of Blair in eastern Nebraska. The accident occurred around 11:50 a.m. Saturday on...
View ArticleAPD Recognizes Dispatchers During Public Safety Telecommunications Week
According to Alliance Police Lieutenant Edward Tjaden, “April 9th through 15th is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This week is set aside as a time to honor public safety dispatchers...
View Article$100K Grant To Help Demolish Buildings In Whiteclay
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two abandoned buildings are set to be demolished in a tiny Nebraska town known for violence, panhandling and alcohol sales on the border of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian...
View ArticleWoman Accused Of Scamming Grandfather For More Than $250K
GERING, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a Gering woman, accusing her of scamming her 84-year-old grandfather out of more than $250,000 over four years. Court records say 33-year-old Stacia...
View ArticleSheriff Seeks Assistance In Locating Juvenile
According to Scottsbluff Co. Sheriff Mark Overman, “We are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a juvenile that was in custody and walked away this afternoon. She is NOT considered dangerous....
View ArticleLincoln Woman Charged With Sexually Assault Teenage Boy
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 46-year-old Lincoln woman has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Sunny Gibbons was arrested Thursday and charge with first-degree sexual assault of a child....
View ArticleNebraska Bill To Expand Eligibility For SNAP Benefits Fails
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill that would have allowed more low-income Nebraska residents to qualify for federal food benefits has died in the Legislature. Supporters fell one vote shy Tuesday of the...
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