Author Archives: Brian Neben
Hastings Community Theatre presents 'Monty Python's Spamalot'
HASTINGS - Hastings Community Theatre Presents "Monty Python's Spamalot" - A Hilarious Quest for the Holy Grail. Get ready to laugh your coconuts off as HCT proudly presents Monty Python's Spamalot, t...
Feb 03, 2026 Hastings Community Theatre is pleased to announce an upcoming production of "Monty Python's Spamalot" (Courtesy)
Brundage announces retirement as CNPPID General Manager
HOLDREGE - After more than 34 years of service with the Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation District-including the past seven-plus years as General Manager-Devin Brundage announced his plan...
Feb 03, 2026 Devin Brundage, (CNPPID, Courtesy)
'Americans and the Holocaust' exhibit opens Thursday at UNK's Calvin T. Ryan Library
KEARNEY - The University of Nebraska at Kearney is hosting "Americans and the Holocaust," a traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and American Library Association. Open...
Feb 03, 2026 “Americans and the Holocaust” is a traveling exhibition that explores the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and ’40s. The exhibit opens Thursday at UNK’s Calvin T. Ryan Library and runs through March 19. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications)
Hastings Police Department's activity from Feb. 2
HASTINGS - The Hastings Police Department released their daily activity from Monday, Feb. 2. Reported Offenses: On February 2, 2026, a 34-year-old Hastings resident reported a disturbance in the 1700 ...
Feb 03, 2026 Hastings Police Department, Courtesy
Missing Stromsburg couple, unborn child believed murdered, Lincoln couple arrested
LINCOLN The Lincoln Police Department announced on Monday that a missing Stromsburg couple and their unborn child are likely dead by homicide and two suspects believed to be connected to the murder ar...
Feb 02, 2026 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
Gallery: Canada geese along the Platte River in central Nebraska
PHELPS CO. - Canada geese were found wintering along the Platte River in Phelps County on Sunday, Feb. 1. Like most geese, the Canada goose is naturally migratory with the wintering range being most o...
Feb 02, 2026 A Canada goose floating along the Platte River in Phelps County, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
South Central Water Conference set for Feb. 5 at Phelps County Ag Center
HOLDREGE - The public is invited to attend the 32nd annual South Central Water Conference on Feb. 5 at the Phelps County Ag Center in Holdrege. Water is perhaps one of the most prevalent topics of dis...
Feb 02, 2026 Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, Courtesy
Trent Steele accepts Kearney High School Assistant Principal role focused on College and Career Readiness
KEARNEY - Kearney Public Schools is pleased to announce that Trent Steele has accepted an offer to serve as Kearney High School Assistant Principal for College and Career Readiness, beginning in the f...
Feb 02, 2026 Trent Steele, (Kearney Public Schools, Courtesy)
Bertrand man killed in train-vehicle crash in Kearney County
AXTELL - A Bertrand man was killed was the result of a train-vehicle accident in Kearney County on Thursday, Jan. 29. The accident occurred around four miles east of Axtell, a pickup was reported to b...
Feb 02, 2026 (Central Nebraska Today)
Kearney County Sheriff investigating attempted ATM theft in Axtell
AXTELL - On Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026 at approximately 3:45 a.m. the Kearney County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to the First State Bank ATM located near 1st Avenue and Highway 6 in Axtell. Upon arrival...
Feb 02, 2026 Kearney County Sheriff's Office, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)