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If Gov. Jim Pillen has his way, Nebraska legislators will pass a law banning the sale of “lab-grown meat” — the industry prefers the term cultivated meat — during its next session. Florida and Alabama enacted state bans on the alternative meat this year, and Iowa has barred school districts and publicly funded colleges from buying the meat.

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Sunshine returns today as temperatures come up just a little bit from what we saw on Labor Day. Highs will range from the upper 70s/lower 80s east to the upper 80s/lower 90s west and northwest. There will be hot temperatures in the Panhandle and Cherry County as highs reach the mid to upper 90s and lower 100s. Winds will be breezy out of the south at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. The strongest winds will be in northern and western parts of the area. There may be a little bit of light smoky haze over western and northern parts of the area. Skies will remain mainly clear tonight as temperatures drop into the mid to upper 50s and lower 60s by tomorrow morning. Wednesday will be warmer across our area with mainly sunny skies. There may be a bit more in the way smoky haze for the area. Highs will mostly be in the mid to upper 80s and lower 90s. South winds will again be breezy at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Temperatures over Northwest Nebraska will be cooler because of a cold front moving through that part of the state. The front will bring additional clouds and perhaps showers and thunderstorms later in the day. As the cold front pushes southeast through the area Wednesday night into Thursday morning, the chance of showers and thunderstorms will push southeastward. Currently the best chance of rain will reside over northwestern areas Wednesday evening where some isolated severe weather will be possible. It does look like rain and thunderstorms will weaken as they move southeastward later in the night. There may also become a little more hit or miss later in the night and into Thursday morning as they slide southeast. Most areas will not likely pick up much rain, but a few lucky spots may get a decent little soaking. High temperatures on Thursday will be cooler across the area in the mid to upper 70s and lower 80s. As the front slides southeast and out of our area Thursday night into Friday morning, there may be a slight uptick in precipitation over far southeastern parts of the area, but then dry air will budge in behind the cold front.

Tuesday is expected to be dominated by blue, sunny skies throughout the day. Temperatures will end up warming then from the low and mid 50s to the lower 80s, now getting a few days into early September. Temperatures will gradually warm today and into Wednesday, largely due to southerly winds...

Humanities Nebraska (HN) has announced Prime Time Family Reading and Prime Time Preschool will be held at 23 locations beginning today in Norfolk, with other sites in Grand Island, Hastings, Lexington, Lincoln, Madison, Millard, Norfolk, Omaha and Ralston starting in the weeks that follow. Each series is a free six-week program with storytelling and discussion based on award-winning children’s books at public libraries, elementary schools, and community centers across the state. Participants are also served a light meal with each session.

NIS is hosting its ‘Robotics Speaker Series’ that will focus on agriculture in many mediums. Innovators and creators are using the platform to divulge the latest technological advancements in areas relevant to Nebraska like meat processing.

An agronomist suggests the 2024 growing season has been quite unique. Tony Lenz covers Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota for Stine Seed and says he’s expecting a wide range of corn and soybean yields this fall. “We’ve got some areas that have drought, but then we have some...

A soybean pathologist with the University of Nebraska Extension says it can be difficult to detect soybean cyst nematodes. “It has the ability to steal yield without any noticeable above-ground symptoms. This is a little bit wetter of a year than we’ve had the past couple of years and moisture sometimes tends to hide any symptoms that will be there,” he says.

The Aurora softball team has a game against Centennial in Utica this evening. It will be the second meeting in meeting in four days between the two teams. The Huskies are 4-4 after a 1-2 finish at the Seward tourney. The Huskies lost to Elkhorn North 6-3, beat Centennial 12-1, and lost to GICC 4-1.

LINCOLN — Construction workers are hurrying to put the final touches on what is planned to be the state’s largest feedlot for feeding cattle.  Blackshirt Feeders, led by a trio of Canadian veterinarians who are veteran feedlot consultants, plans to begin shipping in cattle within a month to its sprawling complex of pens north of […]

Republican Voters Against Trump launched an $11.5 million ad buy in key swing states on Tuesday, marking the group’s largest ad buy so far this cycle.  The group is targeting voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona. Additionally, the ad buy will also run in Nebraska’s competitive 2nd Congressional District. $4.5 million of the ad…

Five members of a Houston-based organization are facing federal charges for their involvement in a series of break-ins at rural pharmacies in Western Iowa and Western Nebraska. These incidents, which occurred in May and June of 2022 and 2023, are part of a larger conspiracy being prosecuted by the Eastern...

As the new school year starts, Nebraska teachers will again be focusing on their students' emotional well-being and safety as well as academic success. For some students who identify as LGBTQ+, it will be especially important. On the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's's 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the highest incidence of bullying, both at school and online, was reported by LGBTQ+ students.

On this Labor Day, labor shortages continue to be the number one issue for Nebraska businesses according to the chambers of commerce. Currently, there are 49,000 unfilled jobs in the state. But a program started five years ago aims to help. The "Find the Why" program offers high school students...

Details on a protest from the past weekend aimed at Union Pacific and details on a Country Music Star set to perform in Nebraska's Tri-Cities.

LINCOLN, Neb. — The process is underway to find a new county court judge in south-central Nebraska. The Judicial Resources Commission scheduled a public hearing for Friday, Sept. 13 to determine whether a vacancy exists in the 10th judicial district. The hearing comes after the recent appointment of Judge Timothy Hoeft to district court to replace Judge Terri Harder, who retired at the end of May. Now, the commission will go through the process to possibly fill Hoeft’s spot.

Ranchers and land managers can learn about forage production, stocking rates, managing risk, drought insurance and more in an interactive, online learning experience provided by Nebraska Extension. Participants in this six-session webinar will interact with other producers and with presenters to learn from the latest research in range and pasture...