A recent policy shift at Grand Island City Hall has significantly reduced the amount of crime information available to the public and the media. Beginning last week, the Grand Island Police Department stopped releasing the names of individuals arrested on felony charges-a major departure from the city's longstanding pr...

A Grand Island man is facing serious allegations after his newborn son was hospitalized with multiple injuries. Thirty-year-old Jovanny Garcia-Garcia was arrested over the weekend following a report from Children's Hospital in Omaha, where the 2-week-old infant had been transferred on December 2. According to an affida...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by several major agrichemical companies against the defunct AltEn ethanol plant near Mead after both sides reached a settlement last month. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Buescher granted the dismissal on November 26 at the request of attorneys representing AltEn and the g...

A Lincoln teenager has been sentenced to probation in connection with the fatal shooting of his older brother on Christmas Eve last year. On Wednesday, Lancaster County District Judge Susan Strong ordered 17-year-old Kentrail McDaniel to serve 60 months of probation after he pleaded no contest to manslaughter in Septem...

Waves of change are already moving through central Nebraska following Tyson Foods' unexpected announcement that its Lexington beef plant - in operation since 1990 - will shut down on January 20th. The plant employs more than 3,200 people, and the impact of the closure is quickly spreading across the region. One of the ...

The Nebraska State Patrol says troopers removed 24 impaired drivers from state roadways and issued more than 360 speeding citations during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period. The enforcement effort ran from November 26th through November 30th and included extra challenges due to winter weather. Colonel Bryan Waugh,...

A former girls wrestling coach at David City High School has been sentenced to prison for attempting to lure a teenage student into sexual contact. Thirty-eight-year-old Jeremy Andel of Bruno pleaded no contest to attempted child enticement as part of a plea agreement. Butler County District Judge Christina Marroquin s...

An Ohio man accused of a 2024 murder in Nebraska remains at the Lincoln Regional Center after a judge again ruled him unfit to stand trial. Court records show 22-year-old James Thompson is charged with killing 72-year-old Gary Weaver of Eureka, Missouri, during an incident at a rest stop near Grand Island in June of la...

Human skeletal remains discovered in October at Scotts Bluff National Monument have been confirmed as those of Chance Englebert, who had been missing since July 6th, 2019. His mother, Dawn Englebert, told the Scottsbluff Star-Herald that investigators from the Gering Police Department were trying to contact the family ...

A 14-year-old boy from Grand Island was taken into custody after police responded to an assault at a home on Michigan Avenue Friday afternoon. Officers arrived around 3:45 p.m. and were told the teen had been acting aggressively and causing damage inside the residence. According to Grand Island Police Chief Dean Elliot...

A former Madison, Nebraska teacher has been sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender after admitting to attempted sexual abuse of a student. Thirty-year-old Nixel Ortiz received the sentence Friday in Madison County District Court, where a judge also imposed a $2,000 fine and requir...

A three-judge panel will spend the next several months reviewing hundreds of pages of transcripts, court documents, and exhibits before deciding whether Jason Jones will receive the death penalty for the 2022 killings of four Laurel, Nebraska residents. The judges - Bryan Meismer of Madison County, Patrick Heng of McCo...

A routine traffic stop in Grand Island Tuesday afternoon led to the arrest of a Florida man and the seizure of more than 14 pounds of suspected methamphetamine, according to police. Officers pulled over 56-year-old Charlie Red of Hialeah, Florida, around 5 p.m. near Capital Avenue and Sycamore Street after observing hi...

A 32-year-old Superior man has been sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 48 to 50 years for the murder of the mother of his child. Sebastian Dunbar was convicted of first-degree murder for the December 17th, 2023 shooting death of 35-year-old Molly Gruber. Prosecutors say Dunbar fired a rifle through the door...

Grand Island - A late-night report of a suspicious person led to the arrest of a man found with methamphetamine, stolen property, and burglary tools early Tuesday morning. According to the Grand Island Police Department, officers were dispatched around 1:10 a.m. to the 2000 block of South North Road, where they made co...

A Grand Island teen accused of firing gunshots that struck a home and multiple vehicles has had his case bound over to Hall County District Court. Eighteen-year-old Ernesto Villazana faces several felony charges, including unlawful discharge of a firearm, two counts of using a firearm to commit a felony, criminal misch...

Nebraska Congressman Don Bacon says he plans to vote in favor of releasing the Epstein files when the bill reaches the House floor next week. Bacon, who recently announced his retirement from Congress, was among the first Republicans to confirm he would side with Democrats on the issue. Since his statement, officials f...

A 71-year-old woman from Malcolm, Nebraska, lost $21,000 after falling victim to a gift card scam that played out over nearly two months, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office. Chief Deputy Sheriff Ben Houchin said the woman was contacted through Facebook Messenger by someone claiming to be an old high sch...

LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska lawmakers are weighing new security upgrades at the State Capitol ahead of the next legislative session in January. State Senator Ben Hansen of Blair, chair of the Legislature's Executive Board, announced the effort in a Wednesday press release, citing "recent acts of political violence in...

MERRICK COUNTY, Neb. - A 16-year-old boy was taken to the hospital following a single-vehicle rollover accident early Friday morning. According to the Merrick County Sheriff's Office, the crash occurred on County Road L, just west of Highway 14. Investigators say the teen was driving a 2010 Toyota RAV4 when he lost con...