Category Archives: Breaking News
UNL Pres. Ted Carter announces new contract for Trev Alberts
LINCOLN - University of Nebraska President Ted Carter announced today that he has granted Athletic Director Trev Alberts a new contract that will keep the Huskers' leader in Nebraska through at least ...
Nov 14, 2023 Trev Alberts, UNL Athletic Director // UNL Athletics Communications
I-80 accident near Kearney claims life of Omaha man on Friday
KEARNEY - An Omaha man was killed as the result of an accident on Interstate 80 near Kearney on Friday, Nov. 3. Around 3 p.m., the Nebraska State Patrol was alerted to a two-vehicle accident on I-80, ...
Nov 06, 2023 (Central Nebraska Today)
GIPS Promotes Bianca Ayala to Principal at Gates Elementary
GRAND ISLAND - Grand Island Public Schools (GIPS) is pleased to share that Miss Bianca Ayala has been named the new Principal at Gates Elementary School! Miss Ayala will begin serving as Principal in ...
Nov 03, 2023 Bianca Ayala (Grand Island Public Schools, Courtesy)
Minden woman killed as the result of a one vehicle accident Wednesday morning
MINDEN - A Minden woman died as the result of a one vehicle accident north of Minden during the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 1. At 9:45 a.m., the Kearney County Sheriff's Office received the report of a...
Nov 02, 2023 (Central Nebraska Today)
Hastings man identified as subject killed in officer-involved shooting with Seward Co. deputy
LINCOLN - The Nebraska State Patrol Special Investigations Team has now been able to positively identify and provide next of kin notification for the subject involved in the officer-involved shooting ...
Nov 01, 2023 Nebraska State Patrol, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Deceased male located near railroad tracks east of Axtell
AXTELL - At approximately 2:55 a.m., Tuesday morning, October 31, the Kearney County Sheriff's Office received a report from Burlington Northern Railroad of an unknown object near the tracks of 27 Roa...
Nov 01, 2023 Taylor Smith / Unsplash
Front door to the community: Forward Kearney holds groundbreaking ceremony
KEARNEY - A groundbreaking ceremony was held for Forward Kearney, a collaboration between the Development Council for Buffalo County, Kearney Visitors Bureau and Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce, on M...
Oct 30, 2023 Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today
Lexington, York men killed in separate winter weather accidents this weekend
KEARNEY - The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating multiple fatal crashes that occurred during this weekend's winter weather across much of the state. Troopers responded to over 100 incidents betwee...
Oct 30, 2023 (Central Nebraska Today)
Woman struck, killed by train in Kearney identified
KEARNEY - Kearney Police Department has identified Francine Lucero-Bennett, a 34-year-old female from Kearney, as the deceased victim from yesterday's train pedestrian accident that occurred approxima...
Oct 27, 2023 Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today
17-year-old driver dies from their injuries after fatal Grand Island accident
GRAND ISLAND - Two people have now died as the result of an accident on Highway 30 and Capital Avenue, just northeast of Grand Island during the morning hours of Thursday, Oct. 26. Around 7:57 a.m., t...
Oct 27, 2023 (Central Nebraska Today)