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Troopers Arrest Two, Locate 186 LBs of Marijuana in Traffic Stop
May 17, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
MAY 17, 2021 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested two people after locating more than 180 pound... continue reading
Garth Brooks Coming to Memorial Stadium
May 12, 2021 / NU Athletics
LINCOLN- May 12, 2021- The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour is coming to Lincoln, Nebraska. The concert will be Saturday, August 14th, 7:00 PM at Memorial... continue reading
MPCC Honors Garrett Nokes With Presidents Award
May 7, 2021 / Hometown Family Radio
MPCC honors Garrett Nokes with Presidents award during Mid Plains Community College graduation ceremony. Nokes was a coach for the Mid-Plains Commu... continue reading
Nokes to receive MCC President’s Award
May 3, 2021 / Mid Plains Community College
McCook native Garrett Nokes will be posthumously honored with a President’s Award at McCook Community College’s commencement ceremony M... continue reading
McCook Was Named a 2020 Tree City USA
Apr 29, 2021 / City of McCook
McCook, Nebraska, was named a 2020 Tree City USA® by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management.&... continue reading
Two-Vehicle Crash Near Holdrege Claims Two Lives
Apr 28, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
APRIL 28, 2021 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating a crash near Holdrege that claimed two lives and sent ... continue reading
Nebraska governor declines to help house migrant children
Apr 14, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts says he has rejected a federal request to help house unaccompanied migrant children. The Rep... continue reading
Fonner Park Announces Casino Operator
Apr 9, 2021 / KRGI News
KRGI News/Sports · Grand Island Casino Resort At Fonner Park (Grand Island, NE) Elite Casino Resorts, of Riverside, IA ha... continue reading
Nebraska cities want mobile keno to compete with casinos
Mar 30, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Cities that reap millions of dollars in tax revenue from keno bets are imploring Nebraska lawmakers to let people play the... continue reading
Man drives friend to hospital in front loader bucket
Mar 30, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man could face several charges after allegedly driving his friend to a hospital in the bucket of a front-end ... continue reading
Former South Sioux City coach charged with abusing student
Mar 30, 2021 / Ap
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. — Police have arrested a former South Sioux City High School assistant football coach on charges he sexually assaulted... continue reading
Troopers Locate Missing Maine Juvenile
Mar 24, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
MARCH 24, 2021 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a California man after locating a missing M... continue reading
Wanted Subject Arrested Following Standoff in Superior
Mar 23, 2021 / State Patrol Release
MARCH 22, 2021 (SUPERIOR, NEB.) — A wanted subject was arrested Sunday following a standoff at a residence in Superior. The operation b... continue reading
McCook Police Officers Transported to Community Hospital
Mar 23, 2021 / City of McCook Police Department
On March 20, 2021, officers with McCook Police Department were contacted by the Des Moines, IA Police Department and advised that they had tracked ... continue reading
Police say woman and 2 children killed in Kearney house fire
Mar 19, 2021 / Ap
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Police in Kearney say a woman and two children have died in a house fire in the central Nebraska city. The Kearney Hub r... continue reading
Omaha child care center reports covid cases
Mar 19, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A child care and preschool center in west Omaha has been closed after reporting more than 60 possible cases of COVID-19. T... continue reading
Plans unveiled for nearly $300 million beef processing plant
Mar 19, 2021 / Ap
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Plans have been unveiled for a nearly $300 million beef packing plant that would employ 875 people in western Nebra... continue reading
Two Arrested as Child Abuse Investigation Continues
Mar 19, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
MARCH 19, 2021 (BRIDGEPORT, NEB.) — Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol, working with the Morrill County Sheriff’s Offic... continue reading
Omaha officer shot critically injured at shopping mall
Mar 14, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says a police officer was shot and critically injured at the Westroads Mall.. The chief... continue reading
Nebraska confirms more cases of virus variants in the state
Mar 9, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska health officials continue to identify more cases of different variants of the coronavirus in the state. The state... continue reading
Kearney man gets jail time for fatally beating and stabbing dog
Mar 9, 2021 / Ap
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — A Kearney man has been sentenced to a year in jail for brutally beating and stabbing his dog to death before burying the... continue reading
Nebraska bill to permanently allow carry out booze advances
Mar 9, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An emergency order that lets Nebraska restaurants offer carry-out alcohol could become a permanent state law under a mea... continue reading
2 men arrested after 770 pounds of marijuana found in van
Mar 5, 2021 / Ap
SEWARD, Neb. (AP) — Two California men were arrested Wednesday after Nebraska State Patrol troopers found 770 pounds of marijuana in the carg... continue reading
Police investigating after man found dead in Lincoln home
Mar 3, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a 33-year-old man who was found inside a Lincoln home as a homicide. Officers were... continue reading
Nebraska administered nearly 87,000 vaccine doses last week
Mar 3, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska health officials administered nearly 87,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines last week as the state worked to distri... continue reading
