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OPD investigates cutting in north Omaha
Police are investigating a cutting in North Omaha Sunday. Officers were called to the hospital around 4:30 a.m. Cotila Sutton, 34, told police she had been cut by a woman near 25th and Ames Avenue around 2:30 a.m. OPD says they found a scene in front of the Los Diablos Motorcycle Club on Ames Avenue.
2024 Nebraska Football Road Race
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Team Jack Foundation and the Nebraska Football team held the 12th annual Nebraska Football Road Race. The race includes a one-mile fun run and a 5K run all raising money for pediatric cancer. For the first time in 2024, the race finished on the field...
Chronicle: A conversation with Heartland Pride
OMAHA, Neb. — June was Pride Month, but Omaha is still celebrating. Heartland Pride held its annual festival over the weekend featuring performances, parade floats, and support from the metro's LGBTQ+ community. KETV's Chronicle sat down with the organizers of this year's pride events to find out how organizing...
Nebraska Countdown to Kickoff: No. 48 TE Cayden Echternach
The countdown to the kickoff of Nebraska’s 2024 season is down to 48 days and moving into the player spotlight is tight end Cayden Echternach. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound redshirt freshman is in his second season with the program after redshirting in 2023. Prior to coming to Lincoln, Echternach had a standout high school career at both Bellevue West High School and Omaha Burke High School. A walk-on for the Huskers, Echternach will serve as a depth tight end for the program in 2024. Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
Bollinger Blasts To Fallen Firefighters Race Win At Lincoln
ABBOTTSTOWN, PA – Aaron Bollinger picked up a $6,000 win on Saturday night at the Lincoln Speedway over Freddie Rahmer and Matt Campbell. Troy Wagaman Jr finished in fourth with Tyler Ross coming home in fifth. (Full story to follow) 410 Sprint A-Main – AARON BOLLINGER, Freddie Rahmer, Matt...
Prospects End Moo Win Streak
Fremont, Nebraska - A stellar starting pitcher matchup lived up to its billing Saturday at Historic Moller Field. The Nebraska Prospects' Cooper Katskee outdueled Fremont's Robert O'Malley, handing The Moo a 4-2 loss in ILB action. Both starters were on top of their game as neither team scored until the...
Bow Juniors Stay Alive in Area Tournament
The Broken Bow American Legion juniors baseball team stayed alive in the Area 6 tournament in Minden Sunday with an impressive 13-5 win over Aurora in an elimination bracket game. The Bow juniors received an outstanding pitching performance from Dominic Nowak who started the game and picked up the win. Nowak went five plus innings surrendering 3 runs on 4 hits and striking out 8.
The Barefoot Dutchman makes his way through Kansas on 3,200 mile journey
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Keep your eyes open while driving on the highway for the next couple of weeks, the Barefoot Dutchman might just be walking right next to you! Anton Nootenboom, Dutch veteran and world record holder, began his journey to beat the Guinness World Record of the longest walk barefooted on Feb. 17. His […]
NE State Patrol Heads To GOP Convention While Local Voices Condemn Violence
The Nebraska State Patrol is headed to the Republican National Convention to keep the public safe. Members of the state patrol will join more than 100 law enforcement agencies from around the country at the convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, through July 18th. Security has been increased following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Meanwhile, Nebraska officials are reacting to that shooting. Congressman Don Bacon noted that his thoughts and prayers are with Trump and those at the rally. Congressman Adrian Smith called the incident deeply troubling. The Nebraska Democratic Party released a statement noting that it condemns all political violence.
Final day of extreme heat before nice cool down
From start to end, Monday will be a hot one. Temperatures are only expected to bottom out near the middle 70s with very humid conditions that you’ll really already notice this morning. For the afternoon hours, the humidity will make each location – especially across southern Nebraska – feel...
Group works to collect signatures as deadline approaches
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - With just days left before the deadline, Support our Schools Nebraska is still collecting signatures for their petition drive to ensure their cause ends up on the November ballot. On Sunday, the Nebraska State Education Association’s President Jenni Benson was outside Lincoln’s Gere Library gathering signatures....
NE youth hopeful for regenerative ag, sustainability after D.C. conference
(KMAland) -- Three members of Nebraska's student-run climate advocacy organization Students for Sustainability were among the youngest participants at the recent Citizens Climate Lobby conference in Washington, D.C. Evalina Sain, executive director of the group and an incoming senior at Omaha Central High School, said one of their takeaways is...
GI Home Federal Has A 4-0 Weekend To End Regular Season
(Kearney, NE) - The Grand Island Home Federal baseball team wrapped up the regular season this past weekend with a 4-0 mark. Home Federal first started off with a comeback 3-2 win over Millard South on Friday in Hastings. GI then returned to Duncan Field on Saturday and defeated Lincoln Northstar by a final score of 4-1. Game two Saturday was a 13-0 win over the Colorado Dirt Devils. Home Federal then was placed in a Sunday match-up with Millard North in Kearney at Memorial Field. GI picked up the win by a final score of 3-1. Home Federal is currently on a seven-game winning streak heading into the post-season with an overall record of 31-9. The Area 7 tournament in Scottsbluff will run July 19th-24th; the bracket is to be announced. Listen to all GI Home Federal post-season baseball on KRGI 1430/105.5 & krgi.com.
Tacos, tequila tasting and entertainment took over Falconwood Park in Bellevue Saturday
BELLEVUE, Neb. — Tacos, tequila tasting and entertainment, were the scene at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Saturday. Event organizers said collaboration is what made it all possible. The event featured more than 15 food trucks and 40 small business vendors. The Midwest Tacos and Tequila Fest brought people...
Weekend Five: 5 key turns on the Husker 2024 schedule
These aren't games that would be the biggest Husker wins, but they seem like key intersections that can keep momentum churning if handled well. The price of poker is high every week. You don't show up to play and that UTEP opener has just as much consequence as the Colorado game. That's the way it works. That's the thrill of it.
Former Bluejays Trey Alexander and Baylor Scheierman make splash in NBA Summer League debuts
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (WOWT) - From Omaha to Las Vegas, former Creighton guards Baylor Scheierman and Trey Alexander made their professional basketball debuts on their respective NBA teams this weekend. Saturday, Scheierman started in Boston’s first Summer League game against the Miami Heat. The Aurora, Nebraska native went 0-for-3 in...
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