Author Archives: Brian Neben
NSP: Adams County death investigation continues
ADAMS CO. - Investigative efforts continue regarding the death investigation into the man who was found deceased in rural Adams County last week. Tuesday morning, January 27, Jeremy Trausch, 44, of Ro...
Feb 03, 2026 Nebraska State Patrol, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Multi-county search underway for bodies of missing Stromsburg couple
LINCOLN - A multi-county search is underway for the bodies of a Stromsburg couple who disappeared on Jan. 15 and are believed to have been murdered. The Lincoln Police Department stated that law enfor...
Feb 03, 2026 The Lincoln Police Department stated that law enforcement has been searching locations in Lancaster and Saunders counties since Monday for the bodies of Hannah Neville, 26, and Roberto Tanner, 27, (LPD, Courtesy)
DG Fuels Town Hall: Turn Stover into Opportunity
HOLDREGE - With lingering low crop prices and higher input costs leaving farmers with tight profit margins, if any, new revenue streams from the DG Fuels synthetic aviation fuel plant offers hope for ...
Feb 03, 2026 Phelps County Development Corporation, Courtesy
Central Nebraska students among 7,000 named to UNL Deans' List
LINCOLN - More than 7,000 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans' List for the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year. Qualification for the Deans' List varies among ...
Feb 03, 2026 University of Nebraska, Courtesy
Light Goose Conservation Order starts Feb. 10
NEBRASKA - The Light Goose Conservation Order begins Feb. 10, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The dates are: East Zone, Feb. 10-April 15; Rainwater Basin Zone, Feb. 10-April 5 and...
Feb 03, 2026 Snow geese take flight from a gravel pit near Lexington on Sunday, March 2, (Brian Neben, Corutesy)
$60,000 Pick 5 lottery ticket sold at Kearney Pump & Pantry
KEARNEY - The Nebraska Lottery confirmed a $60,000 Pick 5 jackpot winning ticket was sold at a Pump & Pantry location in Kearney on Sunday, Feb. 1. According to the Nebraska Lottery, the winning j...
Feb 03, 2026 Nebraska Lottery, (Courtesy)
Jury trial moved to April for Grand Island teen charged after gunfire strikes bedroom
GRAND ISLAND - A jury trial has been set for April in the case of a Grand Island teen who is facing charges after gunfire struck vehicles and a bedroom where the residents and their child were sleepin...
Feb 03, 2026 Ernesto Villazana, (Hall County Department of Corrections, Courtesy)
Icy road conditions contribute to single vehicle crash south of Silver Creek
SILVER CREEK - Icy road conditions led a deputy to be dispatched to Highway 39 south of Silver Creek to investigate a single vehicle accident. The investigation revealed that a 2009 Dodge Charger was ...
Feb 03, 2026 The Dodge Charger was traveling northbound on Highway 39, lost control due to the icy road, entered the ditch and struck a telephone pole, (Merrick County Sheriff's Office, Courtesy)
Kearney man faces faces federal charges of possession of child sex abuse materials
KEARNEY - A Kearney man has been charged with receipt and possession of child sex abuse materials in federal court. United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced the federal Grand Jury for the Dist...
Feb 03, 2026 Local Court News, (Central Nebraska Today)
Fabulous Friday at Trails & Rails Museum - "Searching for Eliza: Myth, Memory and History at the Frank Museum"
KEARNEY - For decades, the G.W. Frank Museum of History and Culture told the story of Eliza Galloway, one of Kearney's first Black residents and a domestic servant for the Frank family. Her story beca...
Feb 03, 2026 G.W. Frank Museum of History and Culture, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)