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Lincoln, Nebraska mayor names city's 1st LGBTQ police chief
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A high-ranking California police official has been nominated to serve as the next police chief in Lincoln, Nebraska, making her the city's first female chief and the first who is op...
Jun 29, 2021 Courtney "Coco" Mault / CC
State virus emergency to end despite rural vaccination lag
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska will formally end its coronavirus emergency this week, even though rural parts of the state continue to lag larger cities in vaccinations. Gov. Pete Ricketts says he will l...
Jun 29, 2021 Dipartimento Protezione Civile / CC
Virus vaccination rates in rural Nebraska lag behind cities
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska health officials are continuing to work to persuade residents of rural parts of the state, where coronavirus vaccination rates remain low, to get their shots. The Omaha W...
Jun 29, 2021 Erin O'Toole
Patrol: 1 person killed in I-80 crash in eastern Nebraska
GREENWOOD, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska State Patrol says one person was killed in a weekend crash along Interstate 80 in eastern Nebraska. Investigators say the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, ...
Jun 29, 2021 Eric / CC
Nebraska man convicted of 13 charges related to sexual abuse
BEAVER CITY, Neb. (AP) - A south-central Nebraska man has been convicted on 13 counts related to the sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl. A Furnas County jury convicted William Quinn, 57, of Oxford Fri...
Jun 29, 2021 Shawn Rossi / CC
Leggett's RBI hit in 9th sends Mississippi St. to CWS finals
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Tanner Leggett's single in the bottom of the ninth inning scored the tiebreaking run, and Mississippi State advanced to the College World Series finals with a 4-3 victory over Texas...
Jun 29, 2021 edward stojakovic / CC
NC State players confused, angry over their removal from CWS
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - North Carolina State baseball players who were one win away from playing for a national championship reacted with anger and confusion to their team's removal from the College World ...
Jun 29, 2021 Shelby L. Bell / CC
Amelia Mathauser Kizer, 98
Amelia Mathauser Kizer, 98, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2021, at Grandview Assisted Living, Ord, NE. On January 4, 1923 identical twins were born to William and Emma Mathauser - Wilma and Ameli...
Jun 27, 2021
Connect and Compete - Whitney Brown
Last season was a special one for Whitney Brown. The 5-8 true freshman out of Grand Island Northwest High School was a difference-maker in her first year on the Nebraska women's basketball team. A rec...
Jun 25, 2021 osseous / CC
Huskers to Host Creighton in Gavitt Tipoff Games
Lincoln - For the first time since 2018, Nebraska men's basketball program will host the annual intrastate matchup with Creighton, as the pairings for the 2021 Gavitt Tipoff Games were announced Thurs...
Jun 25, 2021 Ged Carroll / CC
