A 53-year-old Charlotte, TN man was arraigned in Gosper County Court Friday morning following a pursuit Wednesday night. Among the charges faced by Jeffrey Martin is Attempted Assault on an Officer while Using a Motor Vehicle, a Class IIa Felony, which carries a potential penalty of up to 20…
Lincoln, Neb. -- The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office announced Friday the final approval of $17.3 billion in opioid agreements with drug makers Teva and Allergan and pharmacies CVS and Walgreens. Following successful state sign-on and subdivision sign-on periods, the defendants have committed to the deal and will start releasing funds…
LINCOLN — Students gave nods of approval Thursday to Rodney Bennett, the priority candidate for chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, at a pair of student-focused forums. Rodney Bennett, priority candidate for chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For more than two hours, Bennett met with undergraduate and graduate students…
Every Tuesday and Thursday in the fall, Taylor Schneider and his students start class by gathering their equipment and stretching. The 15 minutes of stretching is essential for their trips up a 400-foot wind turbine. These climbs up the turbine are part of Central Community College’s effort to lessen the…
LINCOLN — Seventeen years ago, Bill Roddy found a little piece of paradise along a quiet reservoir in southwest Nebraska. Roddy, then living in the Denver area, purchased a mobile home that was for sale on leased land that sits along Swanson Reservoir, a 5,000-acre fishing and recreation lake near…
UPDATE June 9th: Charges were amended to Attempted Assault on an Officer, Flight to Avoid Arrest, Obstructing a Police Officer and Willful Reckless Driving. The original count of Attempted Motor Vehicle Homicide was dismissed. A 53-year-old man will be arraigned in Gosper County Court Friday morning on multiple charges in…
KEARNEY, NE - The Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation (NSHSF) has announced that Molly and Jack, plow horses for the “We Stayed” bronze sculpture commissioned by Nebraska philanthropist Rhonda Seacrest, will be dedicated on June 9th at the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument in Kearney. These horses are the…
Washington, D.C. -- For the first time since 2021, domestic gasoline demand was over 9 million barrels daily for a third straight week. Yet despite the robust numbers, pump prices barely budged as the low cost of oil is countering a spike for now. The national average for a gallon…
Washington -- After a payment pause that has lasted more than three years, more than 40 million student loan borrowers will be on the hook for payments starting in late August. A new debt bill passed by Congress removed any hope that the Biden administration would extend the pause again…
Kearney -- The Nebraska School Mental Health Conference is being held Wednesday and Thursday of this week at the Younes Conference Center North in Kearney to bring together mental health experts, educators and community members to share information on how to provide comprehensive mental health services in schools. The Nebraska…
