Category Archives: Central Nebraska News
KneeKnocker Woods celebrating a decade serving chills, thrills for central Nebraska
GIBBON - As autumn season arrives; a change descends upon fields and woods just outside of Gibbon. The location, KneeKnocker Woods, is celebrating a decade of serving up fright, delight and a peerless...
Oct 07, 2023 KneeKnocker Woods, Courtesy
The Pawnee at Fort Kearny: Share the History, Share the Harvest
KEARNEY - The Buffalo County Historical Society will be honoring the Pawnee Scouts at Fort Kearney this weekend. On Saturday, Oct. 7, the BCHS/Trails and Rails Museum will be honoring the descendants ...
Oct 06, 2023 Pawnee Scouts Roan Chief, Knife Chief, Charlie Brave Chief and Young Chief. History Nebraska photo RG2065. PH: 13-2.
Three brief, weak tornadoes occurred in central Nebraska on Oct. 3
OVERTON - Three brief and weak tornadoes occurred amid the thunderstorms that impacted south central Nebraska on Tuesday, Oct. 3. "All three were spawned from the same supercell as it moved northeast ...
Oct 06, 2023 File Photo (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
City of Hastings encourages vigilance behind the wheel
HASTINGS - The City of Hastings encourages motorists to remain attentive while driving. Hastings has had 24 poles and two electrical boxes struck by cars through September. Eleven of the poles had to ...
Oct 06, 2023 City of Hastings, Courtesy
Rural Amherst fire and fatality under investigation
AMHERST - An investigation is underway by the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office to determine the circumstances of a rural Amherst structure fire and the death of an adult individual during the afternoon...
Oct 06, 2023 Jay Heike / Unsplash
CPNRD to give free native prairie seed on Oct. 20
GRAND ISLAND - Planting tall grass prairies and wildflowers is vital for Nebraska's wildlife. The Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD) will hand out native prairie seed to the public on F...
Oct 06, 2023 Lin Lone / Unsplash
Freeze Warning in effect starting at midnight for central Nebraska
KEARNEY - The first frost and freeze of the season has prompted a Freeze Warning to be issued for practically all of Nebraska. The area will be under high pressure, clear skies and lighter winds tonig...
Oct 06, 2023 National Weather Service - Hastings, Courtesy
Driver cited after two vehicle rollover accident northeast of Kearney
KEARNEY - A citation was issued for careless driving after a vehicle crossed the centerline and struck another, resulting in a rollover accident northeast of Kearney during the morning hours of Friday...
Oct 06, 2023 Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today
Dog killed after unattended candle starts fire in East Lawn trailer
KEARNEY - A pet was killed as the result of a structure fire that consumed an East Lawn trailer during the late morning hours of Thursday, Oct. 5. At 11:23 a.m., the Kearney Volunteer Fire Department ...
Oct 06, 2023 Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II at the Trails & Rails Museum
KEARNEY -Th Buffalo County Historical Society/Trails & Rails Museum is bringing a traveling exhibit that will focus on the history that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War ...
Oct 05, 2023 (Photograph by Dorothea Lange, Courtesy of Library of Congress: Manzanar camp in California, pictured here, was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese were incarcerated during WWII.)