Grand Island Approves Fire Station Sale
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The Grand Island City Council has approved the sale of a fire station in anticipation of building a new one. Council members voted 8-0, with two members absent, on Tuesday to...
View ArticleSinger Melissa Etheridge Pleads Guilty To Possessing Marijuana
BOWBELLS, N.D. (AP) — Grammy-winning rock singer Melissa Etheridge has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possessing marijuana in North Dakota. An attorney for the California musician entered...
View ArticleCards Against Humanity Says It’s Fighting Border Wall
HOUSTON (AP) — The party game Cards Against Humanity says it’s bought U.S.-Mexico border land and hired a lawyer to try to stop President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. A promotion called “Cards...
View ArticleCourt-Martial Date Set For Airman Charged With Murder
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — An Offutt Air Force Base judge advocate general has set a court-martial hearing on April 3 for an airman accused of killing another airman in an Offutt dormitory last...
View Article13th Annual Shop With A Cop Program Begins In Chadron
The 2017 Holiday Season is drawing ever closer. It is once again time to begin our “Shop with a Cop” fund drive: “A Little Change can make a BIG Difference!” If you can believe it, we are in our...
View ArticleNebraska To Build Wind Farm To Power Facebook Center
WAKEFIELD, Neb. (AP) — Utility officials say a new wind farm being built in northeastern Nebraska to power a planned Facebook data center will distribute $80 million in property tax and landowners...
View ArticleAccident On Highway 26 And East 27th Street
According to Scottsbluff Police Captain Tony Straub, “On November 15th at 6:46pm officers of the Scottsbluff Police Department responded to a motor vehicle accident at Hwy 26 and East 27th Street. The...
View ArticleThe Latest: Sierra Club Urges Nebraska To Reject Keystone XL
AMHERST, S.D. (AP) — The Latest on a pipeline leak in South Dakota (all times local): 5:10 p.m. The Sierra Club is urging Nebraska regulators to reject the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline after...
View ArticlePolice Say Man Dies After Early Morning Crash In Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say an Omaha man has died following a two-vehicle crash at a southwestern city intersection. Police say 60-year-old Jose Gil-Rodriguez died from injuries he received in the 5...
View ArticleGrand Island Police Officer Accused Of Assaulting Woman
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Grand Island police officer has been placed on leave after being accused of assaulting a 26-year-old woman. A news release from the department says the 31-year-old officer...
View Article10,744 More Kennedy Assassination Records Released
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives is releasing 10,744 FBI records — some that have never been previously disclosed — related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. It’s the...
View ArticleCity Of Alliance Activity Report
The Friends of the Library will be holding a one day Winter Book Sale Thursday, November 30 in the lower level of the Alliance Learning Center! Friends of the Library members may shop early from 10:00...
View ArticleMan Found Guilty Of Killing Scottsbluff Girlfriend
GERING, Neb. (AP) — A man charged with killing his girlfriend has been convicted of first-degree murder and weapons count. A Scotts Bluff County jury took three hours Thursday to find 64-year-old Lucio...
View ArticleBoy, 13, Sentenced For Role In Fatal Liquor Store Robbery
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy has been sentenced to 6 ½ years in a youth detention facility for his role in a shooting death of a Colorado Springs liquor store owner. The boy, whose...
View ArticleNebraska Told To Return Any Pfizer-Made Execution Drugs
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is demanding that Nebraska return any lethal injection drugs it might have that were manufactured by the company or its affiliate. News of the demand,...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Hearing For Anthony Garcia Pushed To March
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A death penalty sentencing hearing has again been delayed for a former doctor convicted of killing four people connected to an Omaha medical school. A three-judge panel had been set...
View ArticleFederal Tax Package Creates Uncertainty For Nebraska Budget
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska officials say the tax package working its way through Congress is creating a great deal of uncertainty for the state budget because it could affect tax collections....
View ArticleMan Pleads No Contest To Charges In Boating Accident
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of causing a boating accident that severely injured one of his granddaughters at western Nebraska’s Lake Maloney has pleaded no contest to drunken boating and...
View ArticleNebraska Keystone XL Vote Draws Varied South Dakota Response
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he hopes people who exercise their First Amendment rights will do so peacefully after a Nebraska commission approved a Keystone XL oil...
View ArticleNebraska Students Raise Awareness Of Veteran Suicide
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Student veterans from Nebraska and Iowa have joined together in a nine-day march to raise awareness of veteran suicide ahead of a football game between the two universities. The...
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