Man Charged With 5 Counts Of Child Porn Production
BROKEN BOW, Neb. (AP) — A 41-year-old Aurora man has been accused of child porn manufacture in Custer County. Court records say Ross Carstensen is charged with five counts of visual depiction of...
View ArticleAutopsy Being Conducted On Body Of Chris Cornell
DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on the death of musician Chris Cornell in Detroit (all times local): 10:05 a.m. The medical examiner’s office in Detroit is conducting an autopsy on the body of rocker Chris...
View ArticleNE150 Celebration’s “Truckin’ Through Nebraska: A Mobile Children’s Museum”
The Nebraska 150 Celebration will present a free Children’s Museum in Alliance on May 23 and 24. “Truckin’ through Nebraska: A Mobile Children’s Museum,” will be located on East 9th Street between...
View ArticleSD Woman Killed Near Valentine
VALENTINE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a South Dakota woman has been killed in a northern Nebraska collision. The accident occurred early Monday morning on U.S. Highway 83, about 5 miles (8 kilometers)...
View ArticleWhite River Feed Presented With Ne State Small Business Person Of The Year Award
Cody and Chrystal Brooks of White River Feed in Chadron received the U.S. Small Business Administration, Nebraska State Small Business Person of the Year Award during a ceremony held on Wednesday in...
View ArticleNebraska Lawmakers Create New Prison Oversight Committee
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have created a new oversight committee to monitor the state’s prison system. The seven-member panel formed on Thursday will continue to examine problems in the...
View ArticleCity Of Alliance Activity Report, May 19th
The City of Alliance is currently taking applications for the following positions: Refuse Collection Driver, Public Safety Dispatcher, Electric Journey Line Worker, Part Time Public Transit...
View ArticleMan Takes Plea Deal In Child Abuse Death Of Toddler
PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A 25-year-old Bellevue man accused of child abuse in the death of his girlfriend’s toddler has made a plea deal. Court records say Armond Floyd pleaded guilty Monday in Sarpy...
View ArticleJudge Who Made Trial Error Denies A New Trial
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge says an error he made during a synthetic marijuana case in Lincoln doesn’t justify a new trial. U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf blamed himself Wednesday for a...
View ArticleNebraska Seeking Members For Several Health Care Boards
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Board of Health is looking for members to serve on several health care boards. Professional boards provide recommendations to the Nebraska Department of Health...
View ArticleNorfolk Man Charged In Crash That Killed Passenger In April
STANTON, Neb. (AP) — A 19-year-old Norfolk man has been charged with one count of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide for a fatal crash last month. Blake Baldwin was charged in Stanton County on Friday....
View ArticleSouth Dakota Mining Museum To Get National Support
LEADS, S.D. (AP) — The Black Hills Mining Museum is one of 75 institutions across the U.S. selected to take part in the Collections Assessment Program. The program will help the museum organize its...
View ArticleNebraska Programs For Addiction, Mental Health Facing Cuts
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Groups that treat people with addictions, mental health problems and developmental disabilities are bracing for state budget cuts they say could force them to reduce staffing and...
View ArticleCompany To Invest $36M In Nebraska Ethanol Plant
BLAIR, Neb. (AP) — A Danish bioscience business plans to invest $36 million in its eastern Nebraska plant, saying the company is counting on the ethanol industry’s continued growth. Half a dozen new...
View ArticleScottsbluff Student Makes Threatening Statement
On the evening of May 18th Scottsbluff Police received information from a Scottsbluff Public School security officer of a student that had made a threatening statement. The juvenile in question was...
View ArticleAg Land Property Values Have Dropped
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new state Revenue Department preliminary report says agricultural land property values have dropped in Nebraska for the first time since at least the early 1990s. The drop from...
View ArticleBecky Herian Talks About The 150th Mobile Children’s Museum In Alliance
Photo Courtesy of Becky Herian The Nebraska 150th Celebration’s largest project, “Truckin’ through Nebraska: A Mobile Children’s Museum,” will be in Alliance this week on May 23rd and 24th. The...
View ArticleNo More Porn, Nebraska Prison Officials Tell Inmates
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s prison director has told inmates that pornographic material won’t be allowed beginning in January. The ban will include publications or items that advocate or are likely...
View ArticlePanhandle Man Accused Of Embezzling More Than $113K Pleads Guilty
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — A former Scottsbluff vehicle dealership employee has pleaded guilty to embezzling while working there. Court documents say 58-year-old Terry Weddle is scheduled to be sentenced...
View ArticleMan Testifies In His Own Trial In Marijuana Resort Case
FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — A man on trial for his alleged role in a marijuana grow operation on the Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation has testified in his defense. Eric Hagen faces drug conspiracy...
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