Courtesy/Nebraska Department of Correctional Services -- George Piper Lincoln, Neb. -- An inmate who went missing from the Community Corrections Center in Lincoln is back in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. George Piper, 54, turned himself in Tuesday and was transported to the Reception and Treatment…
Lincoln, Neb. Feb. 8, 2023 —When most people go to the grocery store and look at the meat counter, it all looks the same. However, after being on the meats judging team here at UNL I have found out that there is a lot that goes into picking out the…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden began his State of the Union address Tuesday — his first to a divided Congress — with an appeal to bipartisan priorities, but later criticized parts of the GOP agenda and got a sense of Republicans’ appetite for conflict during one combative stretch. Biden opened…
The ATF's recent ruling on stabilizing braces would recategorize approximately 40 million pistols with stabilizing braces as "short barreled rifles" also known as SBR's. Several Nebraska counties Sheriff's Office's chose to not enforce the ruling in their counties. Valley County Sheriff Casey Hurlburt was one of the Sheriffs to make…
FEBRUARY 7, 2023 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol arrested a Wisconsin man following a pursuit that started in Dawson County on Interstate 80 Monday. At approximately 9:30 a.m. Monday, a trooper observed an eastbound Honda Civic speeding on I-80 near Lexington, at mile marker 232. The…
LINCOLN, NE – On Monday, Governor Jim Pillen was joined by Coach Tom Osborne, state lawmakers, and representatives from mentoring programs across the state to declare February "Nebraska Mentoring Month" and unveil a new major mentoring initiative. Governor Pillen announced he has included an annual $5 million competitive grant program within his…
LINCOLN, Nebraska — The NE Chamber recently announced the recipients of six, $2,000 scholarships named for past Nebraska Business Hall of Fame honorees. 2023 scholarship winners include: Jerry Brito-Mendoza of Omaha, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, awarded the Moe Beardmore Scholarship; Ryann Haburchak of Ewing, from the University of Nebraska at…
Lincoln, Neb. -- A staff member at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC) in Lincoln has a broken nose after being punched by an inmate Saturday while he was escorting the inmate from a holding cell to the bathroom and back again. A media release from the Nebraska Department of…
University of Nebraska System President Ted Carter announced today that he has appointed a 16-member committee of students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members to help guide the search for the next chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The search committee will be chaired by Tiffany Heng-Moss, dean of UNL’s…
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) Director Jim Macyannounced on February 3, 2023, that the 2022 Nebraska Clean Diesel Program is awardingapproximately $325,000 in rebates to seventeen farmers across the state to aid in the replacement ofdiesel irrigation engines with electric motors. The diesel engines being…
