Columbus, Neb. -- 33-year-old Michael Keener was sentenced Wednesday in Platte County District Court to 85 years to life in prison for the January 2022 murder of 77-year-old Larry Houdek in Columbus. On the evening of January 16, 2022, Houdek was found dead in his Columbus apartment by Columbus Police.…
The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation awarded 10 scholarships worth $1,500 each to students enrolled in the Agricultural Education Teaching Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Each recipient will receive the scholarship during his or her student teaching semester at the university. In the application, students shared why they wanted…
Former Husker men's basketball guard and fan favorite Keisei Tominaga is getting a chance in the NBA after going undrafted last month. ESPN reports that the Indiana Pacers have signed Tominaga to an Exhibit 10 deal. As a senior last season for Nebraska, Tominaga averaged 15.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and…
Valentine, Neb. -- An Arkansas man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run mishap that claimed the life of a Council Bluffs cyclist participating in the Tour de Nebraska last weekend. Adam Earl Joe Cooper, 35, is charged with felony motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an…
As the Fourth of July comes and goes, so too does wheat harvest for many farmers. As of the latest USDA Crop Progress Report - which reflects conditions for the week ending June 30, 2024 - winter wheat harvested in Nebraska was 13% complete, ahead of 2% last year and…
Ogallala, Neb.-During the June 11 Quarterly Committee meeting for the Nebraska Brand Committee, after the review of annual financials, it was determined that the brand inspection charge will be raised from the current $.85 per head back to $1.00 per head. In the 2021 session Nebraska Legislature imposed a 2-year…
Grand Island, Neb. — After a combined 40 years of running the Stolley Park Train, Ken and Christy Scholl plan to pull the train into the station one last time on the weekend of July 5-7.For Ken, who is the lead engineer and conductor of the train, he says the…
Cheatgrass is an invasive species that greens up and sets seeds earlier than most native species. It uses up soil moisture in the spring, which can prevent the germination of native plants. Studies on managing the invasive species are ongoing in the Panhandle of Nebraska and were part of a…
JULY 4, 2024 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol, with assistancefrom the Butler and Seward County deputies, have arrested a man who had escaped from theLincoln Regional Center on Tuesday. At approximately 7:15 a.m. Thursday, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office reported that theybelieved Justin Daro was present…
Lincoln -- This year's two border deployments ordered by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen cost a combined $1.27 million. The state says it paid $1.2 million of that total using interest accrued from the second wave of $48 million in federal pandemic relief funds that Congress set aside for rental assistance.…
