Author Archives: Brian Neben
UNK Pride of the Plains Marching Band opens season Sept. 9
KEARNEY - The University of Nebraska at Kearney Pride of the Plains Marching Band has announced its season schedule, which begins with the Sept. 9 home football game against Northeastern State. In add...
Aug 21, 2023 UNK Communications, Courtesy
Final sentencing related to Furnas County human trafficking case
BEAVER CITY - Today, Judge James E. Doyle IV sentenced Paul Brooks in Furnas County District Court to 25 to 35 years with a mandatory minimum of 15 years. Paul Douglas Brooks, also known as Doug Brook...
Aug 21, 2023 Jernej Furman / CC
YRTC receives perfect score from ACA audit
KEARNEY - Nebraska's Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Kearney (YRTC-Kearney) earned a 100 percent compliance report from the American Correctional Association (ACA), meeting all 350 of its st...
Aug 21, 2023 Kearney's Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
With 'Five-Point Plan' in place, UNL earns strong fiscal management rating
LINCOLN - Thanks in part to President Ted Carter's "Five-Point Plan" to reimagine the University of Nebraska during a period of budgetary challenges, the NU System has again earned high marks for fisc...
Aug 21, 2023 University of Nebraska, Courtesy
Grand Island Public Library: Journey Stories, Local History exhibit
GRAND ISLAND - The Grand Island Public Library and the Hall County Historical Society have partnered to present the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) poster exhibit "Journey...
Aug 21, 2023 Grand Island Public Library, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Hastings Public Library: Author Talk with Cassandra Clare
HASTINGS - Join us for an exciting evening online as we chat with mega-bestselling author, Cassandra Clare, about her newest and final book in The Last Hours series, Chain of Thorns. In Chain of Gold,...
Aug 21, 2023 Hastings Public Library, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
UNK's Henning receives international award for high schooler reading habits study
KEARNEY - Assistant Professor Judy Henning of the College of Education at the University of Nebraska at Kearney has been honored with the prestigious L. Anne Clyde Research Award. The international ac...
Aug 21, 2023 UNK Lopers // UNK Communications
State Fair is fun and educational during Nebraska's Largest Classroom
GRAND ISLAND - From carnival rides to treats on a stick, the Nebraska State Fair has a lot to offer any youngster. But it also has a lot to teach them, about agriculture and Nebraska. That's why the S...
Aug 21, 2023 Nebraska State Fair, Courtesy
Wings of Hope Butterfly release
GRAND ISLAND - GRACE Cancer Foundation, CHI Health St. Francis and Nebraska Cancer Specialists invite the community to join them as hope takes flight at the second annual Wings of Hope Butterfly Relea...
Aug 21, 2023 lina smith / CC
Health Alert issued for Willow Creek Reservoir
LINCOLN - The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Willow Creek Reservoir in Pierce County. Swanson Reservoir in Hitchcock County, G...
Aug 21, 2023 Larry Koester / CC