Category Archives: Breaking News
UNMC's Jeffery Gold named priority candidate for University of Nebraska presidency search
LINCOLN - Jeffrey Gold, M.D., the current University of Nebraska Medical Center has been named by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents as a priority candidate in their search for a university p...
Mar 20, 2024 Jeffrey Gold, M.D., the current University of Nebraska Medical Center, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
House explosion in Wood River leaves one dead, gas system tampered with
WOOD RIVER - At approximately 9:16 AM CST, Saturday, March 2, 2024, Wood River Fire Department responded to the report of a residential house explosion at 107 E. Eleventh Street, Wood River with one o...
Mar 03, 2024 (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Explosion destroys two homes in Wood River, four suffer major damage
WOOD RIVER - A house explosion destroyed two homes and heavily damage four others in Wood River on Saturday, March 2. A 911 call about the explosion was received at 9:17 am March 4. Fire Departments t...
Mar 02, 2024 Piles of wood could be seen around the explosion site at 107 11th St., (Carol Bryant, Central Nebraska Today)
Water Main Broke at KHS; School Dismissed Immediately
KEARNEY - A water main has broken at Kearney High School and school is being dismissed immediately: Friday, March 1, 2024 at 3:00 pm. There will be no indoor activities tonight at KHS. School busses a...
Mar 01, 2024 Kearney High School (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Hadenfeldt located, will be arrested, after being involved in traffic accident near Alda
KEARNEY - On Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, around 10:30 a.m., Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol responded to an accident south of the Alda interchange involving a black Chevy Silverado and a semi-tract...
Feb 16, 2024 The pickup Justin Hadenfeldt was driving at the time of the accident near Alda. (Kearney Police Department, Courtesy)
Victim of Johnson Lake's Lakeside Trailer Court fire identified
JOHNSON LAKE - The adult male who was found deceased after a fire occurred at a residence at Lakeside Trailer Court at Johnson Lake on Wednesday, Feb. 7 has been identified. The Gosper County Sheriff ...
Feb 09, 2024
Multiple coal cars, BNSF engines derail near Cairo Friday morning
CAIRO - Multiple coal cars and several Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway train engines derailed near Cairo during the early morning hours of Friday, Feb. 9. Photos from the scene showed coal sp...
Feb 09, 2024 Darla Hueske / Unsplash
Adult male found deceased after fire at Lakeside Trailer Court at Johnson Lake
JOHNSON LAKE - An adult male was found deceased after a fire occurred at a residence at Lakeside Trailer Court at Johnson Lake on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Around 4:11 p.m., the Gosper County Sheriff's Offic...
Feb 08, 2024
16-year old killed in utility vehicle rollover in Gosper County
JOHNSON LAKE - A 16-year-old was killed as the result of a utility vehicle rollover near Johnson Lake during the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 31. Around 10:52 p.m., a Gosper County Sheriff's deputy disc...
Feb 01, 2024 (Central Nebraska Today)
Semi catches fire, driver killed near Brady Thursday morning
BRADY - The driver of a semi was killed after their vehicle left the road and caught fire during the morning of Thursday, Jan. 18. At approximately 8 a.m., Lincoln County 911 received a report of a cr...
Jan 18, 2024 Nebraska Department of Transportation, Courtesy