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Kearney High alum selected in United Football League College Draft
KEARNEY, Neb. (KSNB) - The United Football League College Draft happened on Wednesday, with the rights of 80 collegiate players being distributed across the league’s eight teams. Each franchise was permitted to select 10 players. With their 10th pick, the Michigan Panthers drafted Isaiah Stalbird, a Kearney High alum...
Omaha residents asking for change after 11-year-old dies from being hit on scooter
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - For the last 45 years North 103rd Street has been home for Atley Wedemeyer. “There’s a lot of positive things about this neighborhood. It’s really well kept,” he said. There’s also a lot of kids around the area. However, for years he’s been...
Sears signs with Braves, excited for pro baseball career
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Brett Sears had his mind set on becoming a professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher admits he didn’t have a back-up career option. “I guess I never had a Plan B,” Sears said. “I said ‘I’m just going to do that.”
Sodbusters battle back from 4-run deficit to beat Moo
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - The Hastings Sodbusters hosted their second home game of their current series with the Fremont Moo on Wednesday. After going down 4-0, the Sodbusters scored three runs in the bottom of the second to trim the deficit to one. Hastings capped off its offensive performance with three runs in the eighth, allowing just one in the ninth to inevitably win 9-8.
Omaha man works to keep blues festival free for 20 years
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An estimated 15,000 people soaked in the blues last weekend last weekend at the Gene Leahy Mall pavilion. The three-day festival carried on through the hot and humid weather. Jeff Davis can easily be confused as a concert roadie, one of the set-up crew. “I’m 77,”...
Owners of four more NE vape shops, stores selling delta-8 settle with AG
LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers on Thursday announced legal settlements against four more shops he described as selling mislabeled and “dangerous” THC-containing products. “We appreciate that these stores did the right thing and took these products off the shelves,” Hilgers said in a media statement....
Nebraska State Patrol urges drivers to slow down
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska State Patrol released a statement Thursday urging drivers to slow down on roads to keep drivers safe. In June, NSP troopers issued over 100 citations for speeding at 100 miles per hour or more. This would mark the fourth straight month of triple-digit citations for triple-digit speeds.’
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