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AG Hilgers joins Attorneys General of six states in Title IX suit
LINCOLN - Attorney General Hilgers joined a coalition of six state attorneys general filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the U.S. Department of Educatio...
May 08, 2024
More counterfeit $100 bills reported in Grand Island
GRAND ISLAND - Counterfeit $100 bills continue to be reported in Grand Island, with the latest being discovered last week. According to the Grand Island Police Department, a bank employee reported a c...
May 07, 2024
Some colleges that had been permissive of pro-Palestinian protests begin taking a tougher stance
CHICAGO (AP) - Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crosse...
May 07, 2024
Margaret L. Grabowski, 83
Margaret L. Grabowski, 83, of Ord entered into the beauty of Heaven on Sunday, May 5, 2024, in the presences of her loving family while residing at Arbor Care Center in Ord, Nebraska. Mass of Christia...
May 07, 2024
Farm Safety 4 Just Kids Openings
The coordinators of the Central NE Farm Safety 4 Just Kids have announced a few open positions left to attend the Farm Safety Day to be held June 4, 2024, at the Valley County Fairgrounds in Ord. The ...
May 06, 2024
Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly
WASHINGTON (AP) - Google's preeminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up by more than $20 billion spent each year by the tech giant to lock out competition, Justice Depart...
May 03, 2024 FILE - The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024. The largest U.S. antitrust trial since regulators went after Microsoft a quarter century ago is set to resume Thursday, May 2, 2024, with government and Google making closing arguments in a case that has targeted the Big Tech company's ubiquitous search engine. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Gov. Jim Pillen issues an executive order to abolish almost 1,000 vacant state positions
On Tuesday, Governor Jim Pillen signed an executive order to cut nearly 1,000 vacant state jobs by ceasing funding for positions that have been empty for more than 90 days. The reallocation of these f...
May 03, 2024
Grand Island Police request community assistance for two initiatives
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - The Grand Island Police Department is soliciting community assistance to apply for a federal grant aimed at enhancing mental health support for its officers. Residents are encoura...
May 02, 2024 Pavel1964 / Depositphotos.com
Police make dozens of arrests at UCLA in tense clashes with Israel-Hamas war protesters
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country overnight, notably at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out ea...
May 02, 2024 Police advance on demonstrators on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Nebraska's newest school choice law might face ballot initiative, as its predecessor did
LINCOLN - The state teachers union and other advocates for keeping public funds for public schools say they won't let supporters of Nebraska's revamped school choice law sidestep the voters this fall....
May 01, 2024
