Posted: 05/18/13 07:52
Lawmakers are planning to review why few Nebraska students
who receive free and reduced-price lunches also participate in the federal funded brea...
Posted: 05/18/13 05:10
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court says Omaha school officials violated a student's constitutional rights by searching his truck parked on ...
Posted: 05/17/13 21:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The utility that owns the troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in eastern Nebraska says it hopes to have the plant ready to op...
Posted: 05/17/13 16:00
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shar...
Posted: 05/17/13 11:55
An Asian based firm interested in locating a beef processing facility on a Scottsbluff industrial site will make a presentation before the Scottsbluff...
Posted: 05/17/13 09:00
One of this year's Law Enforcement Torch Run events for Special Olympics will take place on Monday in Lincoln County. The run will start at...
Posted: 05/17/13 04:47
YORK, Neb. (AP) - June 19 is the deadline to apply for an open county court judgeship in eastern Nebraska.
The Judicial Nominating Commission...
Posted: 05/16/13 22:00
Motorists in Hall County can expect DUI checkpoints and high visibility patrols during a special Nebraska State Patrol enforcement effort on Friday, M...
Posted: 05/16/13 19:00
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The lucky numbers for Powerball may be the ones state lottery officials are seeing since joining the multi-state game. The fre...
Posted: 05/16/13 14:10
Governor Dave Heineman says he has concerns about whether the state education funding bill approved by lawmakers is fair to rural Nebraska.
...
Posted: 05/16/13 09:00
The Johnson Lake Chamber is hosting its 2nd Annual Art & Wine Festival Saturday June 8, 2013 from 10-4pm at the Lakeview Acres Park located ...
Posted: 05/15/13 20:30
Veteran broadcaster Chuck Schwartz is joining the KNEB staff, according to CEO Craig Larson.
"We have a tremendous staff at KNEB and it j...
Posted: 05/15/13 20:00
Mid-Plains Community College administrators, faculty, staff and its Board of Governors celebrated construction of a new cafeteria at No...
Posted: 05/15/13 17:00
Holdrege voters said "Yes" in a special election on Tuesday to a nearly $14 million bond measure for a new elementary school. Phelps County Clerk Sa...
Posted: 05/15/13 04:34
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says Saturday's Free Fishing and Park Entry Day is an opportunity for people to enjoy fish...
Posted: 05/14/13 10:52
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A proposal to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska is dead for the year.
Supporters on Tuesday failed to muster the 3...
Posted: 05/14/13 10:18
BUSHNELL, Neb. (AP) _ A southwest Nebraska natural gas pipeline is back in operation after rupturing earlier this month.
The Lincoln Journa...
Posted: 05/13/13 21:31
Minden volunteer firefighters handled a large fire Monday afternoon about 2.5 miles northeast of Minden at a cluster of three businesses loc...
Posted: 05/13/13 18:30
Jeff Wightman was sworn in Monday afternoon as the newest County Judge in the 11th Judicial District. Wightman will be seated in Lexington. After ta...
Posted: 05/13/13 18:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has vetoed a teacher retirement bill, arguing that a proposed increase in the state's contribut...
Posted: 05/13/13 13:54
Governor Dave Heineman told two groups of young people during a visit to the Scottsbluff area today they are "future of the state." Heineman spoke to...
Posted: 05/13/13 11:30
(Lincoln, Neb.) Gov. Dave Heineman is reminding Nebraskans that U.S. and Nebraska flags will be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, May 15 in observance...
Posted: 05/12/13 07:42
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The Omaha Police Department has revised its policy regarding the public's use of cameras in the wake of an investigation into recen...
Posted: 05/12/13 06:43
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A new federal report says Nebraska is on track to harvest only 42.9-million bushels of wheat this summer _ the state's smallest w...
Posted: 05/10/13 16:18
The step-father of a three-year-old North Platte boy who survived a drowning this week, has been arrested on a felony charge of Child Abuse. Tw...
Posted: 05/09/13 19:30
The North Platte/Lincoln County Convention & Visitors Bureau awarded an $80,000 check to representatives of the Creativity Unlimited Arts Council Thur...
Posted: 05/09/13 17:30
LB 158 is one of 29 bills in the Nebraska Legislature designated as a priority proposal for 2013.
State Sen Al Davis says the penalty for a ...
Posted: 05/09/13 10:14
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that ends mandatory life sentences for juveniles who commit first-degree murder.
...
Posted: 05/08/13 21:00
Construction work is scheduled to begin Mon., May 20 on Highway 183 from the junction of Highway 70 and Highway 183 north to the junction of S21 C,...
Posted: 05/08/13 17:08
A man and woman wanted in connection with a string of robberies in Minnesota and South Dakota waived their preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon in ...
Posted: 05/07/13 21:00
UNL Climatologist Mark Svoboda of the National Drought Mitigation Center studies weather and climate of all kinds, including the impact of the curr...
Posted: 05/07/13 17:34
Wilson Public Library in Cozad is preparing for another summer of youth and adult reading.
Children's Librarian Ann Matzke says youth regist...
Posted: 05/07/13 10:36
DENVER (AP) _ Colorado lawmakers have put off marijuana legalization until the last possible minute _ and now they're facing some big deadlines to fin...
Posted: 05/07/13 09:30
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) _ A 23-year-old man has been given 30 months of probation for shaking a baby in south-central Nebraska. 23-year-old Cameron Hovey...
Posted: 05/07/13 01:58
A medical office building will be built on the campus of the new Kearney Regional Medical Center in southwest Kearney. The new building wil...
Posted: 05/06/13 21:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The Nebraska Travel Commission says its goals for this summer's travel season could help the state surpass last year's success. ...
Posted: 05/05/13 06:30
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Berkshire Hathaway shareholders have again rejected a proposal to require the company's utilities to set goals for reducing greenho...
Posted: 05/04/13 23:00
DAVID CITY, Neb. (AP) _ Authorities are perplexed as to what may have caused several hundred fish to die in eastern Nebraska. Officials at David Cit...
Posted: 05/04/13 18:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Billionaire Warren Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway shareholders should expect decent returns on the newspapers the company has boug...
Posted: 05/04/13 12:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Billionaire Warren Buffett says he spends plenty of time thinking about the future of his company after he is gone. But the 82-ye...
Posted: 05/04/13 10:29
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A beer truck in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay was vandalized by activists who were protesting the town's alcohol stores n...
Posted: 05/04/13 06:00
Community Day is a "Thank You" to North Platte
NORTH PLATTE, NE-As a thank you to the North Platte community, the Golden Spike Tower & ...
Posted: 05/03/13 21:00
Emergency room physicians at Lexington Regional Health Center are now staffed by a national, reputable health care firm.
But, Plum Creek Med...
Posted: 05/02/13 21:00
LINCOLN - Attorney General Jon Bruning, the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP), the Grand Island Police Department and the Lincoln Police Department announc...
Posted: 05/02/13 16:00
Hildreth Friends of the Library was one of seven Nebraska libraries to receive a grant from the Kreutz Bennett Donor-Advised Fund in April 2013.
...
Posted: 05/02/13 11:12
The incoming Chairman of the Nebraska Bankers Association says the Obama Administration's regulatory environment is hindering the financial industry's...
Posted: 05/02/13 03:59
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska lawmakers have moved to streamline appeals for anyone who challenges a decision of the commission that regulates utiliti...
Posted: 05/01/13 19:00
County Surveyor Jake Ripp submitted his resignation Wednesday morning while meeting with the Dawson County Board of Commissioners in executive sessio...
Posted: 05/01/13 17:00
Knowing how to workout can be difficult, especially for beginners.
Lexington Regional Health Center Certified Personal Trainer Melanie Shube...
Posted: 05/01/13 09:22
Chadron residents Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a new 15-year half-cent LB-840 economic development sales tax and accompanying plan setting how the ...
Posted: 04/30/13 23:30
Two people were injured Tuesday in a semi-truck crash about one-mile west of the Cozad/Interstate-80 interchange in the westbound lanes.
Cozad Fi...
Posted: 04/30/13 22:24
A 24-year-old Hastings woman has been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for her failure to ...
Posted: 04/30/13 21:00
Organizers claim a "big success" with 90 in attendance at the first Survivor and Caregiver Dinner for the 19th Annual American Cancer Society Relay Fo...
Posted: 04/30/13 18:24
Over 70 local residents who volunteer at the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Geneva were recently recognized at a banquet for their servi...
Posted: 04/30/13 16:43
McCook American Legion Post 203 has announced that the American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam Wall is coming to McCook in mid-May.
Proj...
Posted: 04/29/13 23:30
Eight 4-H'ers from Dawson County were among 82 contestants who competed in the 2013 West Central Regional 4-H Public Speaking Contest held S...
Posted: 04/29/13 16:11
Over 120 pounds of medicine was collected at the Lexington Regional Health Center lobby on Saturday during a take back event sponsored by Two Rivers H...
Posted: 04/28/13 09:23
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) - Authorities have identified the two people killed when a small plane owned by a flight school crashed in northeast Nebraska this ...
Posted: 04/27/13 07:17
The Gosper County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating a report of Fallow deer being shot between April 9th and April 12th.
The deer ...
Posted: 04/25/13 23:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Investors who were spooked by Washington's fiscal-cliff showdown have created a one-time cash windfall for Nebraska.
T...
Posted: 04/25/13 21:00
Lexington – In today's health care environment, change is constant, and Lexington Regional Health Center is seeing notable changes. On April 22, Lexi...
Posted: 04/25/13 19:00
A man and woman wanted in connection with a string of robberies in Minnesota and South Dakota will make their next appearance in Dawson County court...
Posted: 04/24/13 23:50
Over 50,000 youth and adults in Nebraska will "Stand for the Silent, " on Friday as part of a movement against bullying. Cathleen Plager is ...
Posted: 04/24/13 20:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Lawmakers have advanced a tax incentive bill designed to attract wind-energy companies to Nebraska. The 30-0 vote on Wednesday ...
Posted: 04/24/13 17:19
The city of Red Cloud has been awarded a $300,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development for renovatio...
Posted: 04/24/13 14:19
Senator Deb Fischer is becoming a regular at the White House. Over the last two weeks, Fischer has visited the White House twice at the request of Pr...
Posted: 04/23/13 20:00
Kearney officials says they are disappointed but will bounce back from Facebook's decision to build a data center in Iowa. Kearney had sought the pr...
Posted: 04/22/13 18:30
A male suspect wanted in connection with armed robberies in Minnesota and South Dakota and a female passenger were taken into custody Monday aftern...
Posted: 04/22/13 18:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ A group that supports the Keystone XL pipeline says it has collected more than 33,000 signatures from Nebraska residents who endors...
Posted: 04/21/13 07:30
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska is losing another $8 million in federal Medicaid funding, forcing lawmakers to cut services or make up the difference wi...
Posted: 04/20/13 18:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of an Omaha woman's invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against a Massachusetts booksel...
Posted: 04/19/13 17:45
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Authorities say a 21-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student has been injured in a three-story fall.
UNL police say...
Posted: 04/19/13 15:00
A $2 million donation to Nebraska's Centennial Mall Campaign has been made by Hebron native Glenn Korff.
Coordinator Susan Rodenburg feels h...
Posted: 04/19/13 12:59
M. Frances Burkhalter of Lexington has been selected as Principal of Lake Minatare Elementary and the Scottsbluff Bear Cub Preschool.
Burkh...
Posted: 04/19/13 12:43
All roads in Wyoming are now open. I-80 has opened in both directions from Laramie to Cheyenne and U.S. 85 is now open in both directions from Torrin...
Posted: 04/18/13 22:00
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) _ More than 1,000 people have gathered in Grand Island, Neb., to support or oppose a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that would s...
Posted: 04/18/13 16:00
The Chase County Fair has announced this year's talent for the Fair & Expo Concert Series.
Dove Award Winner Laura Story will perform at the...
Posted: 04/16/13 15:54
(Lincoln, Neb.)- The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) is reminding citizens to remain vigilant in the wake of the tragic and senseless acts of violence whi...
Posted: 04/16/13 12:45
KIMBALL, Neb. (AP) - The Kimball police chief who'd been put on administrative leave has resigned.
The Scottsbluff Star-Herald says Mark Si...
Posted: 04/15/13 16:24
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman says his $2.2 million budget request to buy an airplane from the University of Nebraska Foundation is needed t...
Posted: 04/15/13 16:10
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman says state emergency officials should have direct control over airplanes that could be stationed in C...
Posted: 04/11/13 18:06
The City of Kimball has hired Wilson Bowling as its new Economic Development Director/Assistant to the City Administrator.
Bowling joins the ...
Posted: 04/11/13 14:51
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ An effort to boost state-level alcohol enforcement in Nebraska is colliding with budget realities in the Legislature.
S...
Posted: 04/11/13 10:38
Governor Heineman says some changes need to be made in a bill that would pour new firefighting resources into central and western Nebraska, areas that...
Posted: 04/10/13 13:14
All of Hwy 71 in the Panhandle is NOW OPEN.
All of Hwy 88 in the Panhandle is NOW OPEN.
ALL of I80 in Nebraska is NOW OPEN.
...
Posted: 04/10/13 09:55
The Nebraska State Patrol says 37-year-old Lisa Conrad died from exposure after leaving her stranded vehicle during the recent snow storm. Conrad's 19...
Posted: 04/08/13 12:12
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A new study says the death rates in small rural hospitals are worse than at most hospitals.
The study published in the Jou...
Posted: 04/06/13 11:35
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering students will compete this summer in NASA's RASC-AL Exploration Robo-Ops Competition. ...
Posted: 04/06/13 10:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A series of gun measures introduced in the Nebraska Legislature are likely to stay in committee for the rest of the year.
...
Posted: 04/05/13 15:00
Kearney Public Schools is looking to possibly build a new high school or renovate the existing one.
Superintendent Dr. Brian Maher says more...
Posted: 04/03/13 21:00
North Platte Community College's maintenance staff is assembling 12 Weldstations, delivered to the college on March 25th.
Bruce Dowse, Area ...
Posted: 04/03/13 15:59
A week and a half long trial has been scheduled in September for a 36 year old Illinois truck driver charged with nine felonies in a deadly crash on I...
Posted: 04/01/13 12:20
Trial for an Alliance man accused of soliciting sex from Alliance Middle School girls has been set for June 13-14.
Felony charges filed again...
Posted: 03/28/13 17:00
UNK, the NU Alumni Association, and the software company Xpanxion are combining forces on a project called "rural sourcing."
Shawn Kaskie, D...
Posted: 03/25/13 10:00
Boating season is a ways away, but it's never too early to take a boater safety course. Nebraska Boating Law Administrator Scott Eveland says classes ...
Posted: 03/24/13 23:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A harsh summer drought that threatened Nebraska farms and ranches is prompting lawmakers to take a fresh look at climate change. ...
Posted: 03/24/13 06:00
Broken Bow will have a new hotel in the near future called Cobblestone Hotel and Suites.
Custer Economic Development President Melissa Garci...
Posted: 03/21/13 10:43
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns says a continuing resolution passed by the Senate Wednesday includes money for meat inspectors at processing facilities....
Posted: 03/18/13 09:40
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska has officially opened its first China trade office in Shanghai.
The new office is part of a push by Gov. Dave...
Posted: 03/15/13 12:44
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Alcohol sales in the Nebraska-South Dakota border town of Whiteclay dropped for the second year in a row in 2012.
A ye...
