Services Set for Nebraska Punter Killed in Crash
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) – Services have been scheduled for Nebraska football player Sam Foltz, who died Saturday in a Wisconsin car accident. The 22-year-old Foltz and former Michigan State punter Mike...
View Article“Wanna See Cool Stuff” and More this Weekend at Agate Fossil Beds
Harrison, Nebraska – Activities at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument during the weekend of July 28 through July 31 include another chance to see the Agate Fossil Beds Centennial float in the Goshen...
View ArticleInmate Attacked Tecumseh Prison Worker
TECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say an inmate has assaulted a staff member at the state prison near Tecumseh. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says the attack occurred Tuesday. The...
View ArticleThree to Enter Dawes County Ag Hall of Fame
Lots of history will be reviewed Sunday when three inductions are made into the Dawes County Agricultural Hall of Fame. The program will begin at 2 p.m. in the Grandstand at the fairgrounds in...
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Missing Chadron Person, Martin D. Fritzler, 48
According to CPD, this is not the actual truck. During the late night hours of Monday July 25, 2016, the Chadron Police Department took a report of a missing person. Martin D. Fritzler was last seen...
View ArticleTornadao Warning for Scottsbluff, Sioux, Cheyenne, and Banner Co.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA… EAST CENTRAL KIMBALL COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA… * UNTIL...
View ArticleSD Authorities Seize Pounds of Heroin, Meth
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – Attorney General Marty Jackley says authorities have seized about 2 pounds of heroin and roughly 5 pounds of methamphetamine. Jackley said Wednesday that authorities seized the...
View ArticleMan who Dragged Lincoln Officer Sentenced to Prison
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A 46-year-old Omaha man who pleaded guilty last month to dragging an officer with his car has been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison. Robert Mello was sentenced Wednesday in...
View ArticleLexington OKs Permit so Former Laundromat may be used as Mosque
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) – The Lexington City Council has voted to let a former laundromat continue to be used as a mosque. The council voted Tuesday to grant a conditional use permit for the Islamic...
View ArticleCity Administrator Pleads Not Guilty to Three Misdemeanors
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) – A suburban Omaha city administrator has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from an altercation in a dentist’s office. The attorney for Bellevue City Administrator Dan...
View ArticleFeds Move Closer to Terminating Immigrant-Investor Center
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – The federal government has taken another step toward terminating South Dakota’s troubled immigrant-investor center. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services refers to the...
View ArticleMitchell, SD Woman Accused in House Fire Charged with Attempted Murder
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) – A woman accused of torching her Mitchell home is now also accused of trying to kill her husband. Thirty-eight-year-old Dawn Long was charged late last year with setting fire to...
View ArticleNew President Picked for Grand Island Junior College Campus
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) – A new president has been selected for Central Community College’s Grand Island campus. Marcie Kemnitz has been dean of instruction for the entire college’s health sciences...
View ArticleAnnual Box Butte Co. Fair Clean-Up Day Scheduled
The annual Box Butte County Fairgrounds clean-up day will be held this Saturday, July 30beginning at 8 AM at the fairgrounds in Hemingford. Needed help includes: Buckets, cleaning rags, elbow grease to...
View ArticleBody of Man Found in Downtown Omaha Parking Garage
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Omaha police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a downtown parking garage. Police say the body was found around 6:30 a.m. Thursday on the floor of the...
View Article“Wanna See Cool Stuff” and More this Weekend at Agate Fossil Beds
Harrison, Nebraska – Activities at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument during the weekend of July 28 through July 31 include another chance to see the Agate Fossil Beds Centennial float in the Goshen...
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Ten Years Later: Spotted Tail Chadron Fire Remembered
By George LedbetterCHADRON – The sun arose bright and hot over Chadron on July 28, 2006. Area residents were already on alert from wildfires that had started two days before in the nearby Pine Ridge...
View ArticleCity of Alliance Activity Report, July 28th
Sky View Golf Course will host the annual Sandbagger Sam’s Couples Tournament on Saturday, August 6. Please call the golf course at 762-1446 for details! City of Alliance Street crews have begun...
View ArticleMan gets Probation for Illegally taking Unemployment Pay
YORK, Neb. (AP) – A 51-year-old York man who wrongfully received unemployment pay has been given four years of probation. Court records say Timothy Ballard also was sentenced Monday to 90 days in jail,...
View ArticleNebraska Pilot Killed in Crop-Duster Crash
DAVID CITY, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a crop-dusting pilot has died in the crash of the plane he was flying in eastern Nebraska. The crash was reported just after 3 p.m. Thursday, about three miles...
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