A central Nebraska high school is helping dozens of its students with college expenses.

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness month, and advocacy groups are asking people to wear denim to show support of sexual violence victims.

Severe weather is a constant threat during the spring and summer months in southeast Nebraska.

The Sidney Elks Lodge Bingo Committee donated $1,000 to the Friends of the Library. The donation will allow 38 children to participate in the program for one year.

Project comes as Arbor Day approaches, and is designed to help solve a snow drift problem in north Beatrice

It’s not clear if or when a vote on Johnson will happen.

Three people were in trouble with the law Tuesday after breaking into a storage building to get a go-kart

Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested three people following an investigation into improper contact with multiple inmates of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) in 2023.

Students in the Rural Business Leadership Initiative (RBLI) and Rural Law Opportunities Program (RLOP) met with business and legal leaders from throughout the Panhandle at the Rural Roundtable.

The Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Kimball as a Tree City USA for the 32nd year in a row.

Sprague sentenced to prison for role in theft of catalytic converters

Andres Lacen-Boria convicted of arson and criminal mischief

Northeast Community College unveiled a new brand, tagline, and logo for the college and the athletic department.

Firefighters positions for structure protection near Peru

Tourism season is about to kick off, and for some areas of Nebraska, that means big business.

Immigrant students in Nebraska are benefiting from a scholarship that aims to improve their future.

Nebraska State Patrol says first part of this year was the fastest traffic period, on record

Adams Industries is making progress with the liquid fertilizer facility under construction. The facility is designed to work with the J.R. Simplot company.

The average price of a gallon of gas in Nebraska is currently $3.40 a gallon

Blue Valley Community Action released its 2023 impact report at the County Commissioners meeting Tuesday in Jefferson County. 

The Cheyenne County Fair Board is working on bringing a "Rubber Check Race" to the 2024 Cheyenne County Fair. Details of the event are still being researched.

Suspected serious injuries to the driver and a passenger

Nebraska Transit Week is April 22 through 26. Each day, Sidney Transportation will recognize its drivers, and its passengers.

A section of Interstate 80 in Buffalo County was closed for several hours on Sunday following two separate crashes, including one fatality.

The Kimball County Sheriff's Office responded to a stab wound at Kimball Health Services on April 19, and upon further investigation, determined the victim was wanted out of Campbell County, Wyoming.

Riverview Nature Park hosts foraging tour

The Biden Administration awarded a $62 million solar power grant to the state of Nebraska.

Richardson County schools offer classes at Southeast Community College Learning Center

Each year upwards of 100 million birds die to collisions and window strikes nationwide

Events planned at Lauritzen Park in Omaha and Antelope Park in Lincoln

Northeast Community College is hosting State Journalism on Monday and Tuesday.

Bacon is touting a poll of his own, that finds him well ahead, (69-19) 50 points ahead of Frei, some critics call it a push poll, a fraud.

Authorities say driver inattention was a factor in the mishap

No one was injured Sunday after a house fire damaged a home in Norfolk.

A sixth grade student at Bluffs Middle School died April 19 as a result of injuries in an automobile accident. A gofundme effort is underway.

Radio listeners in the Nebraska Panhandle, southeast Wyoming and northeast Colorado who correctly predict which racer wins the 4th Annual Big Boy Big Wheel Race will also win big this spring thanks to the support of local businesses.

Beatrice Educational Foundation holds scholarship presentation at the BHS Commons

The Kimball School Board voted unanimously to transition to a 4-day week schedule for the upcoming school year.

Attorney Korby Gilbertson will be speaking at the Fox Theatre 5 p.m. Tuesday May 7 on "EPIC: Be informed on its impacts."

The Environmental Protection Agency is allowing the sale of gasoline containing a higher blend of ethanol for the third summer in a row.

On Earth Day weekend, volunteers throughout Norfolk were out to clean up city parks. Norfolk volunteers help to ‘clean the Fork’ in the city’s annual cleanup

Sidney's Tree Giveaway this morning also celebrated the community's 38th recognition as a Tree City USA. The event included presentation of a Tree City USA banner to city council members, and a demonstration on how to plant and care for a tree.

Platte County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man was struck by a semi on the south edge of Columbus on Friday morning.

Aliyah American Horse didn’t have much choice – she had to grow up, and fast. 

Police tell us that last weekend officers were called to the park to break up a large and disorderly crowd.

Everything is ready for Opera Omaha to premier its first-ever Spanish-language opera in May.

In 2016, Karie Buchli went to get her bloodwork done. When she left, she felt perfectly fine.

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott gave $640 million to 361 non-profits across the country and three of the recipients were in Nebraska.

Developer Mark Otto has decided to table the project on First Street for the time being after citing a "toxic" environment.

SIDNEY -- Bret Ybarra, 25, was sentenced to 36 months with the Nebraska Department of Corrections on two counts of Child Abuse (Class IIIA felony). Sentences for both charges are to run consecutively.

Job fair is part of a cooperative effort between businesses and school.....to get the word out about employment opportunities, locally

Court records say Missouri man supplied a Falls City man

Nebraska parole board members will be removed from that paid job if they miss a dozen parole hearing days per year, says a new state law signed by Gov. Jim Pillen this week. 

Two members of a metro-area education board have resigned after their colleagues voted to keep an executive linked to sexual harassment allegations while he led a City of Omaha department. 

The largest hospital in Grand Island is turning to the leader of a four-hospital region in Kansas City as its new president.

KIMBALL -- The U.S. Air Force has contracted the company Tetra Tech, and we can expect to see them conducting business such as Line Surveys, Biological Surveys, Site Surveys, and Cultural Surveys in our area.

If it's been built or repaired, Steve Kelley can tell you when, where and how

Nebraska’s senior U.S. senator is voicing her cautious support for sending billions of dollars worth of munitions to Ukraine.

State Sen. Danielle Conrad, Lincoln (D): “When the governor set the target of achieving a 40% property tax reduction, his plan from December through today was to raise taxes.”

Sidney Police reported no injuries this morning when a Toyota sedan failed to stop until coming to rest on top of a flower garden.

A Chandler, Texas woman is facing charges following a traffic stop about six miles east of Sidney on Interstate 80 April 14.

A college in Central Nebraska is creating new partnerships to help students pursue careers in healthcare.

No date has been announced

Clean-Up day at the Living Memorial Gardens has been postponed to April 27 due to expected cold weather.