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Pair of former Nebraska football players get the UFL call
Should a pair of former Nebraska football players want to go pro, they no longer have to worry about it being the “NFL or bust.” That’s because both Omar Brown and Isaiah Stalbird have their ticket to the UFL. The spring professional football league held its draft...
KFOR Sports Brief July 17, 2024
Hoiberg Update Off-Season Workouts for Husker Men’s Basketball. The off-season continues for the Nebraska Men’s Basketball team. The Huskers continue to go through off-season workouts and head coach Fred Hoiberg spoke to the media Tuesday afternoon and said with all the new transfer additions, he is still trying to figure what which system to use for the upcoming season.
Man tased after he attempted to flee traffic stop in Grand Island, meth later found
GRAND ISLAND — Two men would be arrested and one of them tased after he attempted to flee a traffic stop where methamphetamine was discovered on Tuesday, July 16. According to the Grand Island Police Department, at 2 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on a black 2009 Nissan Altima with no plates or visible in-transit documentation.
Thursday Forecast: Oppressive heat in the rearview mirror
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - We broke a four-day streak of highs between 90-98 degrees yesterday with a high of 84. If you think that was a comfortable break from the heat, just wait and see what’s in store for the weekend. It should be a mostly sunny to partly...
BMX returns to Lincoln for Cornhusker State Games
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - As the sun set on a beautiful summer night , riders hit the dirt track at Star City BMX in Lincoln. The picturesque scene welcomed participants, family members, and organizers back to the Capital City after ten years away for the Cornhusker State Games. The CSGs had previously held its BMX competition in Omaha each year since 2014.
County, city law officers arrest three in search of Beatrice home
BEATRICE – Gage County Sheriff’s Deputies and Beatrice Police combined to make three arrests July 12th, following the serving of a search warrant n Beatrice. Just after noon, Friday….law officers executed the warrant at a home in the fifteen-hundred-block of Market Street….part of an ongoing investigation into methamphetamine distribution authorities say was happening at the home.
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.”
2024 Team Talent Preview: Nebraska
Welcome to the 10th part in our series looking at the rosters of every Big Ten team as we head ever closer to opening day. The order is organized by my team talent rankings. For more information on how those numbers came about, check out the intro for the Northwestern post. And while you’re there, go ahead and read the whole thing then come back. We’ll wait for you.
Former UNK player, GA establishes new volleyball club
KEARNEY, Neb. (KSNB) - Former UNK volleyball player and graduate assistant Maddie Squiers is continuing her volleyball journey by stepping aside from the full-time coaching to pursue a new opportunity: Founding the Antelope Volleyball Club. “I just kind of knew that that is what I wanted to do, nothing really...
PHS Fifty-Year Class Gathers For Alumni Weekend
On May 19, 1974, seventy-three classmates walked across the stage at the then, “new gym” to receive their Pierce High School (PHS) diplomas. Of the 73 graduates, six have passed away. Over the course of the PHS alumni weekend, June 28-30, 40 of the remaining 67 class members...
Falls City Council to address fireworks schedule and dangerous dogs
(KLZA)--The Falls City Council is expected to discuss and eventually take action on city codes concerning the discharge of fireworks in the city and the dangerous dog ordinance. During Monday nights Council meeting, Ward I Councilman Don Ferguson said that he received a number of complaints this year about how...
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