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Another Major Event at Charles Schwab Field
The NCAA Men’s College World Series was not the only national baseball event to be held at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha this summer. The best high school teams from across the country battled it out in downtown Omaha over the past several days as part of The High School Baseball National Championship Series.
Temperature swing kills fish in southeast Nebraska lake
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Numerous fish have died at the Big Indian Recreation Area in Gage County. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said in a press release Tuesday that a “substantial fish kill” is affecting all species in the lake, which is south of Wymore. Game...
Judge considers request for $50k to study mental health of Nikko Jenkins
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Attorneys for Nikko Jenkins on Tuesday called the hearing “well conducted and very fair.” They walked away with a decision in their favor, too, though not for what they were originally what they were there for. Nikko Jenkins is the man who in 2013...
Immigrant family helping to fill the child care gap in Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — An immigrant family is working to fill the need for child care in Lincoln. Melba Al-Sayagh is starting a day care with her niece and daughters. They will call it Estrellitas, which means little stars. Al-Sayagh said this is a dream that she had held...
‘It was really scary’: Trees split in half during storms in northeast Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. — Storms sped into Lincoln late Monday night, bringing multiple trees, branches and power lines down. Two tornadoes touched down overnight in southeast Nebraska, including an EF-1 in Lincoln. That tornado didn’t hit northeast Lincoln, but the wind damage there was extensive. Fallen trees and broken...
Gary and Williams made decision to come back to Nebraska together
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska basketball hosted one of their summer workouts on Tuesday. Ahead of the 2024-25 season here are a lot of new faces in the building. On Tuesday, two of the veterans returning, Brice Williams and Juwan Gary, spoke with the media. The two seniors both decided to come back to Nebraska for their last year of eligibility in a decision that the pair said they made together after last year's NCAA Tournament loss.
'Very fortunate that it wasn't worse': EF-1 twister causes severe damage to horse stable near Lincoln
LANCASTER COUNTY, Neb. — More than three inches of rain flooded some Lincoln streets Monday night and Tuesday morning. Wind gusts toppled an awning at a Northeast Lincoln convenience store. It also knocked down power lines and toppled trees and branches. A large branch fell by Anna Nelson's home...
“I Would Just Say a Dream Came True”. Case Sanderson Living Out His Dreams Playing Division I Baseball
NEVADA, MO — Every young athlete has dreams of playing at the Division I level, but only few get the opportunity and when given the opportunity, you need to make the most of it and that’s exactly what former Nevada Tiger Case Sanderson did in his freshman campaign playing baseball for the University of Nebraska. […]
Fireworks glitch during show after Memorial Park concert in Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The fireworks didn’t go off entirely as planned last Friday night in Memorial Park. Fans enjoying this year’s annual Memorial Park concert were expecting to have the night close out with a fireworks show, but a few minutes in, everything stopped. An organizer with...
Convict going to prison for 2023 Kearney assaults
KEARNEY, Neb. (KSNB) - A judge sentenced a man to prison Tuesday for 11 crimes related to assaults in 2023. Brian Reeves, 40, was convicted in May for 11 crimes, including attempted used of a deadly weapon, 3rd degree domestic assault, strangulation, two counts of terroristic threats, two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of violating a protection order, one count of witness tampering and one count of misdemeanor third degree assault.
Tornado touches down at Rokeby Road near SW Lincoln
The tornado that touched down in SW Lincoln Monday, July 1, 2024 has been determined to be an EF-1. This tornado touched down along SW 27th street just south of West Rokeby Road and quickly produced EF1 damage as it moved northeast. Extensive tree damage was noted to several acreages...
Hastings College’s prolific bowling coach to retire
HASTINGS, Neb. — The coach who started the Hastings College bowling program and built it into a national powerhouse is moving on. The college announced Tuesday that Ron Hergott is retiring. Hergott achieved great levels of success leading the program, including having the only women’s back-to-back individual national champion in NAIA history and guiding the 2020 men’s team to a top three finish.
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