Legion Baseball Scores 6/19

Legion Baseball Scores 6/19

Cambridge Arapahoe Seniors over Hi-Line Seniors 10-7 Minden Seniors over Wood River Seniors 9-1 Kearney Misko Sports over Columbus 2-0 Hi-Line Juniors over Cambridge Arapahoe Juniors 12-3 Minden Juniors over Wood River Juniors 16-0 Kearney Pinnacle Bank Post 52 over Columbus 6-1
Kimball County officials will soon be looking for a new County Attorney

Kimball County officials will soon be looking for a new County Attorney

Courtesy/Ballotpedia -- Kimball County In a letter dated May 31 to the Board of Commissioners and accepted two weeks ago, County Attorney David Wilson announced July 31 would be his final day in the position. Wilson says he greatly enjoyed and it has been an honor, serving in the county…
Neb. May Tax Receipts Dip

Neb. May Tax Receipts Dip

Nebraska's overall net General Fund tax receipts fell below projections in the month of May, the first time that has happened during the current fiscal year. The Department of Revenue says gross receipts last month were down four percent, but net tax receipts were down 36.5 percent for May, coming…
Record Ag Trade Deficit Forecast for this year

Record Ag Trade Deficit Forecast for this year

The U.S. is facing a record-large agricultural trade deficit in 2024. In a recent Newsline, Betty Resnick, an economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the deficit has deepened significantly in the last two years. Betty Resnick, an economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the deficit has deepened…
Tennessee, Texas A&M advance to CWS Finals

Tennessee, Texas A&M advance to CWS Finals

Tennessee and Texas A&M will meet in the CWS Championship Series after winning their respective Semifinal Games at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on Wednesday. The Aggies shutout Florida 6-0 in the nightcap after the Volunteers defeated Florida State 7-2 in the afternoon. Florida and Kentucky played a makeup game…
Grand Island City Council Calls For Special Election

Grand Island City Council Calls For Special Election

Grand Island, Neb. — The general election isn’t until November, but there will be a special mail-in election taking place in Grand Island on August 13.The Grand Island City Council voted unanimously 8-0 Tuesday night to call a special election to authorize the City of Grand Island to establish a…
Day 5, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

Day 5, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

Kansas wheat producers can’t seem to catch a break in the weather, kicking up swirling, dust clouds as they raced to cut wheat ahead of heavy thunderstorms and hail on Tuesday, June 18. Harvest is now progressing into areas of south central Kansas that missed the rains that have benefited…
California Man Arrested After Pursuit with Stolen Vehicle

California Man Arrested After Pursuit with Stolen Vehicle

Grand Island, Neb. -- June 19, 2024 -- Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a California man following a pursuit with a stolen vehicle in central Nebraska. At approximately 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, a trooper observed a Jeep speeding at over 100 miles per hour on Interstate 80 near…
Munoz named Minutemaid soccer coach

Munoz named Minutemaid soccer coach

Lexington High School Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Artemio Munoz as the next Minutemaid head girls soccer coach. Coach Munoz has been an assistant coach for the LHS Boys soccer team for the last two years. According to Activities Director Phil Truax "Munoz's experience as a player, NSAA…
Multiple agencies respond to fatal stabbing, pursuit and arrest of subject

Multiple agencies respond to fatal stabbing, pursuit and arrest of subject

Hall County, Neb. -- The Hall County Sheriff's Department responded at 7:08 a.m. Wednesday to the westbound Interstate-80 mile marker 316 & 1/2 rest area for a disturbance that left one person dead and another critically injured. Two victims had suffered wounds from an assault with a knife. Both victims…