Central Nebraska News

20-year-old Holdrege pedestrian transported via helicopter after being struck on Highway 30
ODESSA - The Buffalo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a car - pedestrian vehicle crash that ...

Tri-City LifeNet helicopter, multiple agencies respond to Highway 30 accident west of Odessa
ODESSA - The Tri-City LifeNet helicopter and multiple area agencies responded to an accident on High...

Easter Basket Extravaganza raises money for Project Hunger
GRAND ISLAND - The 29th annual Easter Basket Extravaganza on April 12 raised money for Project Hunge...

Ohio man facing murder charged determined still incompetent to stand trial
GRAND ISLAND - An Ohio man accused of fatally stabbing a Missouri man and seriously stabbing the man...

Kearney High School earns top honors in Nebraska Multi-Activity Student awards
KEARNEY - Kearney High School has been named the Class A leader in the 2024-2025 Nebraska State Coll...

Hastings Fire & Rescue raising funds for new vein finders during Give Hastings Day
HASTINGS - As the early giving period for Give Hastings Day opens on April 16, Hastings Fire & R...

Five juveniles apprehended near Eustis after pursuit with two stolen vehicles
Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from multiple other agencies, apprehended f...

Local Catholic Priests reassigned, granted retirement in Diocese of Grand Island
Bishop Joseph G. Hanefeldt of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island has announced clergy assign...

New UNK Cheer Coach Named
Kearney, Neb. - Nebraska Kearney has named Randi Todd as the Lopers new cheerleading coach. She repl...

Three central Nebraska students among 11 inducted into Hastings College Psi Chi chapter
HASTINGS - - The Hastings College chapter of Psi Chi, the psychology academic honor society, inducte...

Gov. Pillen comments on Foley tax incentive legislation letter
LINCOLN - Governor Pillen provided the following statement concerning Auditor Mike Foley's letter to...

Game and Parks: Handle fish with care when releasing them
NEBRASKA - Whether you intend to release a fish you catch or plan to legally keep it, the fish shoul...
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Nebraska establishes Measles response plan, Gov. Pillen urges vaccination
LINCOLN - As confirmed cases of measles continue to rise in the United States, Governor Jim Pillen a...
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Gov. Pillen's efforts to protect kids online advance through legislature
LINCOLN - Governor Jim Pillen released the following statement to highlight the progress of his init...

Gov. Pillen joins Republican Governors advocating for increase in renewable volume obligation for biofuels
LINCOLN - Governor Jim Pillen has joined other Republican governors asking the U.S. EPA to bump up t...
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Emergency Nurse Practitioner certificate program approved at UNMC
OMAHA - On Friday, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the establishment of an adva...
Central Nebraska Sports

Gallery: KHS baseball defeats Grand Island 7-4
KEARNEY - The Kearney High School baseball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Grand ...

Morning Sports Brief 4/14
NEBRASKA BASEBALL AVOIDS IOWA SWEEP, AT CREIGHTON TUESDAY: Nebraska baseball rallied late in the gam...

Schedule announced for HAC Baseball Tournament
LINCOLN - Grand Island will be the No. 2 seed and Kearney is seeded fourth in this week's Heartland ...

Barrientos grand slam helps Islanders split games
GRAND ISLAND - Broxton Barrientos hit a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning to power Grand ...

Loper Women's Golf Currently Tied for 9th at Windy MIAA's
The Nebraska Kearney women's golf team shot a 325 and is tied for ninth place after the first day of...

Kearney boys top Grand Island in El Clasico
GRAND ISLAND - The Central Nebraska El Clasico Cup has returned to Kearney. The Bearcats regained ho...
Husker Sports

Huskers sweep Northwestern in Evanston
The No. 21 Nebraska softball team finished a three-game sweep of three-time defending Big Ten champi...

No. 21 Nebraska rolls to clinch series at Northwestern
No. 21 Nebraska softball rolled to a mercy-rule win over Northwestern for a second straight day, thi...

Huskers rally to salvage final game at Iowa
Two runs in the eighth inning and one in the ninth led Nebraska baseball to a 6-4 win over Iowa Sund...

Iowa tops Nebraska for second straight game
The type of game was different. The result was the same. After losing a 1-0 pitchers' duel Friday, N...

Huskers open series at Northwestern with mercy-rule win
Jordy Bahl struck out 11 and drove in five runs in leading No. 21 Nebraska to an 11-1 mercy-rule win...

NU volleyball arena to be renamed for Cook
The Nebraska Board of Regents approved the renaming of Husker Volleyball's home arena as John Cook A...
National News from Fox News

Prince William, Kate Middleton ‘argue' over Prince George’s future: experts
The Prince and Princess of Wales reportedly have strong opposing views about which school their elde...

No 'Real ID' appointments open in New Jersey as residents sound off: ‘Get with the times, NJ'
New Jersey shows zero Real ID appointments open as the identification will be required starting May ...

American pastor's kidnapping in South Africa fueled by soaring armed robbery incidents in recent years
Tennessee pastor Josh Sullivan was kidnapped in South Africa on April 10, and his captors are report...

National Guard deployed to blue city overrun with juvenile crime, fentanyl is 'not enough,' state GOP says
After New Mexico's Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced she's sending National Guard perso...
National Sports from Fox News

Sky reunite Hailey Van Lith with Angel Reese in WNBA Draft
Hailey Van Lith and Angel Reese are teammates once more, as the Chicago Sky took the former LSU Tige...

Wings select Paige Bueckers No. 1 overall in 2025 WNBA Draft
UConn Huskies star Paige Bueckers has officially become the first overall pick of the 2025 WNBA Draf...

Hailey Van Lith turns heads on WNBA Draft red carpet
Hailey Van Lith stunned on the WNBA Draft red carpet on Monday night before she heard her name calle...

Aaron Judge salutes 'brave men and women' fighting for country after being named Team USA captain for WBC
Aaron Judge was named Team USA's captain for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, and during his press c...