A tragic accident north of North Platte claimed the life of an 18-year-old on Friday evening. According to the Nebraska State Patrol, Brayden Hultquist of North Platte was struck and killed while helping push a stalled Ford pickup along the northbound lane of U.S. Highway 83 just before 7 p.m. Hultquist and another ind...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - Grand Island served as a center for global collaboration on Thursday as 40 delegates from several African nations toured local agricultural and manufacturing facilities. The visit was part of the International Agribusiness and Manufacturing Fair, an event aimed at building partnerships in innovatio...

The pretrial hearing for a 53-year-old Kearney man accused of multiple counts of sexual assault and incest has been postponed until late November. The defendant faces four counts of first-degree sexual assault, each a Class 2 felony, and four counts of incest, each a Class 3 felony. His name is being withheld to protec...

An Adams County man has filed a federal lawsuit against Roblox, claiming the online gaming platform failed to protect him from a predator who groomed and sexually assaulted him when he was a teenager. The lawsuit, filed October 21st in Nebraska's federal court, is part of a broader legal action involving more than 2,50...

A Red Willow County judge has cleared the way for Nebraska's controversial "Cornhusker Clink" detention facility in McCook to move forward, while allowing a lawsuit against the project to proceed. District Judge Patrick Heng on Monday denied a request for an injunction that would have blocked the opening of t...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A Grand Island business owner has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud after admitting to defrauding customers across several states through his construction company. According to court records, Bobby Bates Sr., owner of Built Rite Construction, accepted deposits for projects -...

A routine traffic stop in Grand Island ended with a DUI arrest over the weekend. According to the Grand Island Police Department, an officer pulled over a vehicle around 8:47 p.m. on Saturday, October 18th, near the intersection of Locust Street and Schimmer Road, after noticing excessive tint below the AS-1 line on th...

LINCOLN - A Nebraska inmate serving a life sentence has lost his lawsuit claiming that state prison officials unlawfully restricted his parenting time with his young son - a child conceived with a former corrections staff member. Fifty-year-old James Price filed suit against Nebraska prison wardens Barb Lewien and Shaw...

KEARNEY, Neb. - The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is facing mounting scrutiny after a series of disturbing allegations surfaced involving staff at the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center (YRTC) in Kearney. At least four current or former employees have been accused of inappropriate sexua...

Governor Jim Pillen has confirmed that Nebraska has officially signed a two-year agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to convert the Work Ethic Camp in McCook into a federal immigration detention facility, nicknamed the "Cornhusker Clink." The state expects the facility to begin housing det...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - A Grand Island man was taken into custody Wednesday morning after exchanging gunfire with Nebraska State Patrol troopers who were attempting to serve a search warrant at his home. According to Colonel Bryan Waugh of the Nebraska State Patrol, the incident occurred around 6:40 a.m. at a residence lo...

The Nebraska Department of Revenue is warning residents about a new text message scam claiming to be from the state agency. The message urges recipients to click a link to "receive their tax refund," but officials say it's completely fraudulent. According to the department's statement released Tuesday, the te...

Nebraska's Department of Revenue is facing scrutiny after laying off more than a dozen employees responsible for collecting unpaid state income taxes - even as the amount owed by residents and businesses continues to climb. According to a report sent by State Auditor Mike Foley earlier this year, Nebraska taxpayers and...

A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel from Auburn, Nebraska, has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for leaking national security information about the Russia-Ukraine war. David Slater, 63, received five years and ten months behind bars along with a $25,000 fine after pleading guilty to a conspiracy ...

The Nebraska Department of Revenue laid off 11 employees Monday and announced the closure of its Scottsbluff satellite office, according to both state officials and the Nebraska Association of Public Employees (NAPE). Six workers were cut in Lincoln and five in Scottsbluff, where the office will permanently close. The ...

OMAHA - The father of three children injured in a crash involving University of Nebraska Regent Elizabeth O'Connor urged her to step down during a Board of Regents meeting Friday. Ricoh Mountain, whose daughters were in the backseat of a vehicle struck by O'Connor in May, said the regent's actions have caused lasting h...

LINCOLN - Two members of Nebraska's budget-setting committee are calling for more transparency on the state's plan to convert the McCook Work Ethic Camp into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. State Senators Machaela Cavanaugh and Ashlei Spivey, both of Omaha, sent a letter to Appropriations Com...

LINCOLN - A group backing efforts to slash Nebraska property taxes is now pushing a ballot initiative that would raise the minimum teacher salary to $50,000. The nonprofit Advocates for All Nebraskans unveiled the plan this week, calling it the Assist Property Tax Payers through Legislative Education Support initiative...

LINCOLN - Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced Monday that his office has issued cease-and-desist letters to 12 additional retail and franchise locations across Nebraska for selling synthetic THC products. The stores are located in Auburn, Beatrice, Columbus, Plattsmouth, Schuyler, Tecumseh, and York. Hilgers' offic...

LINCOLN - The Nebraska Liquor Control Commission has selected Micah Chaffee as its next executive director, following months of leadership upheaval tied to a federal corruption case. Chaffee, an attorney who previously worked in the Nebraska Legislature, will officially begin his role on October 1. Most recently, he se...