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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.”
Kansas defensive end to visit Nebraska on July 27
A defensive end from Kansas has scheduled a visit with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Hunter Higgins will visit the Lincoln campus on July 27. His visit will come just days after his July 25 visit to the Oklahoma Sooners. The three-star prospect plays for Maize South High School in Wichita, Kansas. National recruiting analyst Tom Lemming had high praise for Higgins last December. He wrote, (Higgins) should be become a national recruit. Excellent length, quick hands and feet and shows explosive moves to the ball. Tenacious and tough. Terrific attitude. 3.9 GPA. The recruit has been a popular player recently. In 2024, he received ten scholarship offers, including from Michigan, USC, and Ole Miss. Can’t wait to see Nebraska’s spring game this next weekend in Lincoln!! GBR🌽 pic.twitter.com/gk59vChsad — Hunter Higgins (@HigginsHunter11) April 19, 2024 Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
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,”...
North Platte Police Department seeking public help identifying a subject
The North Platte Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying the subject in these photos, as part of an investigation. If you have any information on the identity the subject, please contact the North Platte Police Department at 308-535-6789 or submit your information anonymously at lincolncountycrimestoppers.com or by calling, 308-534-8400.
North Platte Police issued fifty-three citations following a Speed Enforcement Campaign
North Platte, Neb. - The North Platte Police Department participated in a Speed Enforcement Campaign funded by the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT), Highway Safety Office from July 5th through July 13th. A total of 162 traffic contacts were made department wide. Fifty-three citations were issued. Fourteen citations were issued...
Investigators uncover 17 guns in drug raids in Kearney and Funk
KEARNEY, Neb. (KSNB) - Two drug task forces carried out raids in two central Nebraska towns Thursday morning in a regional narcotics investigation. The Nebraska State Patrol said a SWAT team and the TRIDENT drug task force raided a house near 8th Avenue and Highway 30 in Kearney. They recovered 12 firearms, approximately 11 pounds of marijuana, 1 gram of cocaine, 4 pounds of THC wax concentrate, and 4 dozen psilocybin mushroom candy bars.
City offers new option to pay utility bills
Customers can now pay their City of Fremont utility bills in cash at Baker’s, Walgreens, Love’s and Dollar General. Officials said to go to the one-time City of Fremont online customer portal and select “cash” as the payment option. Then, choose your preferred retail store. You’ll be sent a special barcode by either text or email (your preference) to bring into the store.
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.
‘This operation has been life-changing’: Lincoln gets a cochlear implant surgeon
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – After nearly 20 years without one, Lincoln finally has another Cochlear implant surgeon. Previously, patients would have to travel to Omaha to get the procedure. Dr. Jesse Schmid is a Nebraska native, hailing from Alliance. He and his wife studied in Missouri for five years,...
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....
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