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01/29/2019

We’re only a little over a month into winter and gasoline prices in Nebraska are starting to gradually climb again. Nick Jarmusz, a spokesman for AAA-Nebraska, says it’s elementary economics — as supplies start to be squeezed and demand begins to rise, prices will go up. “We’re beginning t...

01/29/2019

Who speaks for women became a question of some debate in the Unicameral. Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha took to the legislative floor Monday to praise U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for standing up to President Trump in their showdown about the partial federal government shutdown. “Don’t ever und...

01/28/2019

Farmers, ranchers, agri-business executives, as well as business owners will gather in early March in Kearney for the 31st Governor’s Ag Conference. Gov. Pete Ricketts has announced the conference will be held Monday and Tuesday, March 4th and 5th, at the Younes Conference Center in Kearney. State...

01/28/2019

There were more than 200 different power outages in Omaha Public Power District’s service area of 13 counties in eastern Nebraska this morning. The culprit is the wind. Gusts of up to 60 mph have been reported and crews are heading out in the bitter cold to get the power back on. Spokesperson Ryan...

01/28/2019

The government shutdown has temporarily ended but it is not yet known when federal workers will receive their back pay. That is why the Food Bank for the Heartland will continue with plans to hold a mobile food pantry in Bellevue today for federal workers having problems making ends meet. President....

01/28/2019

One mountain lion hunting season is closed; another remains open. The Game and Parks Commission closed the hunting season in the South Subunit of the Pine Ridge after four mountain lions were taken. Hunters took one female and three males. Game and Parks posted the decision to close the session on i...

01/28/2019

A child was killed when a vehicle carrying eight people from Nebraska crashed along an icy interstate in southwestern Iowa last night. All of the victims were from Grand Island. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2004 GMC driven by 40-year-old Jesus Cantero-Perez was traveling west on I-80 at around 10...

01/28/2019

A state senator cautions opponents of medical ma*****na that if the legislature doesn’t legalize it, voters likely will. A bill to legalize medical ma*****na is working its way through the legislature. The Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on Legislative Bill 110 in which backers testified...

01/28/2019

While the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history ended late Friday after 35 days, an Omaha economist says growth is already slowing and we may be headed for a significant downturn later this year or early in 2020. Ernie Goss, an economics professor at Creighton University, says the hous...

01/27/2019

A battle has been engaged at the state Capitol as the legislature considers whether to legalize the use of ma*****na for medical purposes. Prior to the Judiciary Committee hearing on LB 110, called the Medical Cannabis Act, Lt. Gov. Mike Foley held a news conference which featured opponents of steps...

01/27/2019

Isaac Copeland’s college career ended prematurely on Saturday in a defeat to the Ohio State Buckeyes. It came during a dead ball situation. On the second possession of the second half, Copeland went to dunk the ball after the play was whistled dead on a travelling call. He fell down from the rim, ...

01/25/2019

The men sitting on Nebraska’s death row will remain sitting on Nebraska’s death row; their death sentences intact. At least, for now. The Nebraska Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Nebraska which claimed their death sentences were effectively overturned when the Unicamer...

01/25/2019

A former Hastings man who left for Georgia only to return to Nebraska has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for failing to register as a s*x offender. The United States Attorney’s Office reports 29-year-old Michael Brandon Richardson had registered as a s*x offender when he moved to Ge...

01/25/2019

An Endangered Missing Advisory has been issued for an 88-year-old Omaha man missing since last night. The Omaha Police Department describes William Hare as an 88-year-old, white male, approximately 5’11″ tall, approximately 145 pounds, with green eyes and gray hair. Police says Hare was last see...

01/25/2019

The ice fishing crowd finally has something to cheer about. This polar blast means that conditions are just right to cast a line. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission spokesperson Greg Wagner says more people are taking to state lakes and ponds in the cold weather to fish. Wagner says, “At many of o...

01/25/2019

A Nebraska Congressman pleads for Washington to come together, re-open the government, and fund a border wall. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry takes to the House floor to implore his colleagues to find a way to end the current stalemate. “No one wins in a government shutdown. No one wins if the borde...

01/25/2019

Governor Pete Ricketts and Nebraska baseball head coach Darin Erstad, along with a handful of state senators, took a walk through the State Capitol building’s halls Thursday afternoon. No, coach Erstad isn’t abandoning baseball to run for public office. Rather, he was pairing up with the governo...

01/25/2019

Tickets for the Red-White Spring Game will go on sale February 6th, according to a University of Nebraska Athletic Department press release. For the general public, tickets will be available for purchase beginning at 10 a.m. However, for season ticket holders, tickets can be bought starting February...

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