Area News
Officer involved shooting in Hastings
Feb 27, 2021 / City of Hastings Police Department
(Hastings, NE) - Officers from the Hastings Police Department were in the area of 3rd Street and Laird Avenue at approximately ... 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... continue reading
I80 Pursuit Ends with Multiple Arrests in Lincoln
Feb 26, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
FEBRUARY 26, 2021 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol, working with both the Omaha Police Dep... continue reading
Bill Attempts To Protect Nebraska Gun Owners
Feb 25, 2021 / Tyson Havranek
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall... 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 b... continue reading
Mask Mandates Across The Tri Cities To All Expire At Midnight
Feb 23, 2021 / Tyson Havranek
The mask policy in the City of Hastings will expire at midnight after the Hastings City Council failed to extend the policy at ... 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 ... 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 du... 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 ... 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 inve... continue reading
GIPS planning in person prom and graduation
Feb 22, 2021 / GIPS Release
(Grand Island, NE) - Many sacrifices were made last year — by our families, students and staff — due to COVID-19. S... continue reading
Testimony Heard On LB 637
Feb 22, 2021 / Tyson Havranek
At the State Capitol, the Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony on LB 637 on Friday. The bill wa... continue reading
Fatal Fire In Rural Central City
Feb 18, 2021 / Tyson Havranek
A Central City man has died after a house fire broke out in rural Central City yesterday. The Merrick County Sheriff's office ... continue reading
Nebraska Governor criticizes need for rolling blackouts
Feb 18, 2021 / AP
Nebraska has avoided another round of rolling power outages, though Gov. Pete Ricketts criticized the need for them at all this... continue reading
Election Bills Take Center Stage
Feb 18, 2021 / Tyson Havranek
At the state capital, bills centering around Nebraska’s elections took center stage Wednesday. Sen Julie Slama of ... continue reading
Nebraska launches new site to calculate property tax refund
Feb 18, 2021 / AP
Nebraska taxpayers who want to claim an income tax credit for some of the property taxes they paid have a new tool to help them... 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 7... 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... 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 int... 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 ... continue reading
Frigid weather sees utilities urging customers to conserve
Feb 15, 2021 / AP
Frigid weather that has sent temperatures plunging across Middle America also has power and gas utilities urging customers to d... continue reading
CDHD Looking For Legislature To Clear Way To Reinstate Mask Policy
Feb 12, 2021 / Tyson Havranek
The Central Department Health Department is putting their hopes in the legislature after they failed in requesting the Grand Is... continue reading
Rodeo Grand Island Cancelled Due To Covid
Feb 12, 2021 / Tyson Havranek
This week Sutton Rodeo announced the cancellation of Rodeo Grand Island due to the ongoing COVID health situation. ... 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 resignat... 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 sin... continue reading