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Karrer RV Park is Closed Until Further Notice

Jul 11, 2025 / City Of McCook

Karrer Park is closed until further notice.  This closure is not permanent.  City Staff is concerned about assuring the safety of those w...

Air Force Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Disclose Unlawfully Classified National Defense Information

Jul 11, 2025 / Amy Donato

WASHINGTON — A civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) at Offutt Air Force Base pleaded g...
Update Provided on NE-TF1 Search Efforts in Central Texas

Update Provided on NE-TF1 Search Efforts in Central Texas

Jul 10, 2025 / Barry Stevens

LINCOLN, NE – In collaboration with Nebraska Task Force One (NE-TF1) and the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Governor Jim Pillen...

Gov. Pillen Announces Appointments to Newly Created School Financing Review Commission

Jul 10, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced appointments to the School Financing Review Commission, as created through the passage of ...

Trump Administration Announces Expedited Congressionally Mandated Disaster Assistance for Farmers

Jul 10, 2025 / Bobbie Kriz-Wickham

Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today that agricultural producers who suffered eli...
The Klosterman Feedlot Innovation Center, at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center near Mead, is enabling a wide range of research innovations for the cattle sector. (Craig Chandler/University Communication and Marketing)

UNL ranks in top 10% worldwide for agriculture, natural resources

Jul 10, 2025 / Geitner Simmons, IANR Media

Lincoln, Nebraska, July 10, 2025 — The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s agriculture and natural resources programs rank in the to...

TSCI staff member injured in assault

Jul 10, 2025 / NDOC

July 10, 2025 (Tecumseh, Neb.) –  A staff member at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) sustained serious* injuries in an...
ICE arrests one of El Salvador’s “Top 100 Most Wanted” hiding in Nebraska

ICE arrests one of El Salvador’s “Top 100 Most Wanted” hiding in Nebraska

Jul 10, 2025 / ICE

OMAHA, Neb. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested a high-ranking member of the violent...

Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico

Jul 10, 2025 / USDA

(Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025)- Yesterday, Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) reported a n...

The Nebraska Corn Board Kicks off New Fiscal Year with New Program Focuses

Jul 10, 2025 / Jill Bookhout Director of Communications

LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) began the new fiscal year on July 1 which brings new programs funded by the checkoff for the 20...

Breakout Sessions, Speakers Finalized for 2025 Governor’s Summit in Kearney

Jul 10, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen invites Nebraskans to register for the 2025 Governor’s Summit: Growing Nebraska, held August 13-14 in...

North Platte Man Sentenced to 27 years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy

Jul 9, 2025 / Amy Donato

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Guadalupe Ramirez, 40, of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 3, 2025 in federal co...
Inmate missing from community corrections facility

Inmate missing from community corrections facility

Jul 9, 2025 / Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

July 9, 2025 (Omaha, Neb.) – Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center – Omaha (CCC-...

Gov. Pillen Appoints Kortnei N. Smith as County Court Judge for 11th Judicial District

Jul 8, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Kortnei N. Smith of North Platte as county court judge in the 11th Judi...
Gov. Pillen Speaks at National Rollout of USDA Farm Security Action Plan

Gov. Pillen Speaks at National Rollout of USDA Farm Security Action Plan

Jul 8, 2025 / Laura Strimple

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Governor Jim Pillen joined national and state leaders in Washington, D.C. for the national rollout of the U.S. Depart...

Troopers Make 32 DUI Arrests of Independence Day Weekend

Jul 8, 2025 / Cody Thomas – Public Relations Director

July 8, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.)  — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol removed 32 impaired drivers from the road over the Independence ...
Attorney General Mike Hilgers Files Lawsuit Against General Motors for Deceptive Collection and Sale of Nebraskans’ Driving Data

Attorney General Mike Hilgers Files Lawsuit Against General Motors for Deceptive Collection and Sale of Nebraskans’ Driving Data

Jul 8, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications

LINCOLN — Today, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced that the State of Nebraska has filed a lawsuit against General Motors LLC a...

Independent Dan Osborn Launches Campaign For U.S. Senate

Jul 8, 2025 / Press Release

OMAHA, NE— Dan Osborn, mechanic, veteran, and lifelong Independent, announced his campaign to be the next U.S. Senator from Nebraska today. ...

Gov. Pillen Deploys Nebraska Task Force One to Flood-Stricken Texas

Jul 7, 2025 / KRGI News

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has directed the deployment of Nebraska Task Force One (NE-TF1) – Nebraska’s Urban Search and R...

Nebraska State Patrol Begins Largest Training Class in Five Years

Jul 7, 2025 / Cody Thomas – Public Relations Director

JULY 7, 2025 (Grand Island, Neb.)  — A new class of recruits has started their training to become Nebraska State Troopers. The 23 recrui...

Severe Weather Possible

Jul 7, 2025 / NWS Hastings

Key Message #1: The entire area is in a marginal to enhanced threat of severe weather this evening into tonight. Key Message #2: The main threats ...

Third District Makes America Great

Jul 5, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

During Independence Day weekend, the blessings of freedom and the memories of the American patriots who laid the foundation for our republic with t...

Gov. Pillen Appoints Interim Economic Development Director

Jul 3, 2025 / Laura Strimple

 LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Maureen Larsen to serve as the Interim Director of the Nebraska D...

Reaction Varies to Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill

Jul 3, 2025 / Press Release

Gov. Pillen Praises Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill  LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement after the U.S...

Troopers Stop Dozens of Speeders in I-80 Construction Zone

Jul 3, 2025 / Cody Thomas – Public Relations Director

June 3, 2025 (Lincoln, Neb.)  — The Nebraska State Patrol is emphasizing the importance of following posted speed limits following a spe...