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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
Andy Hoffman Co Founder of Team Jack passes away
Mar 2, 2021 / Ap
ATKINSON, Neb. (AP) — The father of the young cancer patient who captured the hearts of college football fans when he ran for a touchdown in ... continue reading
Pursuit and Manhunt Leads to Arrest in Dawson County
Mar 1, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
MARCH 1, 2021 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from the Dawson County Sheriff’s Of... continue reading
Troopers Find Six LBs of Methamphetamine in Traffic Stop
Feb 27, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
FEBRUARY 26, 2021 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — Nebraska State Troopers have arrested two people after locating six pounds of methamphetamine ... continue reading
Endangered Missing Advisory (Jade Nicole Sides) CANCELLED/LOCATED
Feb 24, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
The Endangered Missing Advisory activated to determine the whereabouts of Jade Nicole Sides, has been cancelled.The alert has been cancelled due to... continue reading
Nebraska toddler hit and killed by truck driven by her father
Feb 23, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Sheriff's investigators say an 18-month-old girl has died after being hit by a pickup truck driven by her father in easter... continue reading
Nebraska launches virus aid program for tenants and landlords
Feb 23, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has launched a federally funded aid program for renters and landlords who have lost income due to the pandemic, b... continue reading
Lancaster Co Sheriff IDs woman killed and man wounded in police shootout
Feb 23, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Sheriff's officials in Nebraska have identified a Wyoming couple at the center of a police shootout over the weekend tha... continue reading
Suspect Charged in Palisade Shooting Investigation
Feb 22, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
FEBRUARY 22, 2021 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — A McCook man has been charged with several felony counts following an investigation into a Dec... continue reading
Rush Limbaugh the voice of American conservatism has died
Feb 17, 2021 / Ap
Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. His death Wednesday at the age of 70 came a year after ... continue reading
Dog euthanized after Nebraska baby dies from head trauma
Feb 17, 2021 / Ap
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in south-central Nebraska have euthanized a family dog they say caused the death of an 1-month-old baby in t... continue reading
Nebraska sees low temp records broken as Arctic air descends
Feb 17, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska saw a number of low-temperature records broken Monday as a polar vortex pushed Arctic air into the Plains. The Na... continue reading
Nebraska ranks 33rd in rate of administering virus shots
Feb 17, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska ranks in the middle of the pack in the rate of administering coronavirus vaccines, but state officials are workin... continue reading
Mid Plains Community College Rodeo Coach Garrett Nokes has passed away
Feb 14, 2021 / Hometown Family Radio
Nebraska's all-around cowboy great Garrett Nokes has passed away at the age of 45. Garrett was kicked in the head on January 2... continue reading
US Attorney for Nebraska Joe Kelly submits resignation
Feb 11, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney for Nebraska, Joe Kelly, has submitted his resignation. Kelly announced his resignation in a letter Wedn... continue reading
Nebraska virus hospitalizations at lowest level since October
Feb 11, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in Nebraska has dropped to its lowest level since the beginning of ... continue reading
Iowa official chosen as next director of Nebraska DOT
Feb 11, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts has chosen an Iowa state government official to serve as the next director of the Nebraska Department... continue reading
Nebraska prison staffer arrested after giving inmate a phone
Feb 11, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska prison employee was arrested after she admitted to investigators that she gave an inmate a cell phone. The Ne... continue reading
Ricketts voices concerns about new pharmacy vaccine program
Feb 11, 2021 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska should see at least 43 retail pharmacies participating in a new federal program to help provide coronavirus vacci... continue reading
2 killed in head on crash in south central Nebraska
Feb 11, 2021 / Ap
RED CLOUD, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in south-central Nebraska say two people were killed in a head-on crash near Red Cloud in Webster County. ... continue reading
McCook Public Schools Hires New Business Manager
Feb 9, 2021 / McCook Public Schools
School Board approved Jeff Gross contract to become business manager for McCook Public Schools. Listen to the full interview with McCook Supe... continue reading
