A Nebraska man is behind bars after police say he fled a traffic stop with drugs in his vehicle.

Crystal Hunter, 29 was pulled over by the Kimball County Sheriff's Office on Friday December 1st. The traffic stop led to Hunter being arrested for driving on a suspended license and possession of methamphetamine. As a result of the traffic stop, The Kimb

Police are currently investigating the cause of a mobile home fire in Norfolk.

SIDNEY -- Cold temperatures didn't stop the Holidays on Hickory Christmas celebration, Saturday, December 2.

A quick-moving band of snow covered streets, sidewalks, yards and highways across the Nebraska Panhandle Sunday morning. 

Parade travels north on Fifth Street with 37 entries, this year

An arrest has been made following an assault investigation. On 12/02/2023 at approximately 12:56 A.M., the Kimball Police Department responded to a residence in the 400 block of South Jefferson Street, reference a reported domestic assault. A subsequent i

One person was pronounced dead and two others were injured in a homicide in Aurora.

The red kettles and ringing of bells, often symbolic of the Salvation Army, are out at select locations in Sidney and Cheyenne County throughout the Christmas season.

Nebraska State Troopers have completed a season-long effort to keep travelers safe on Husker gamedays.

Tracy Welsh, a veteran of higher education with more than 30 years of experience, has been named Chadron State College’s Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management, President Ron K. Patterson announced Thursday.

Much has changed in 50 years of Stagecoach. Employees have become family… quite literally.

After a child pornography conviction, more than 50 years in prison was given to a Grand Island man.

A Cozad man is going to prison following his meth and firearm-related conviction.

One northeast Nebraska town is celebrating the toys of the past during this holiday season.

POTTER --  The Potter-Dix one-act team won the D2-6 One Acts competition and is heading to the state competition.

The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce is showing off its renovated look.

 On Friday the Elks Club sponsored an event called “Stand Up For Veterans” at the Norfolk Public Library. The event catered to all veterans in the Norfolk area and provided them with vital information and services. 

The three teens arrested this week in connection with an Omaha mass shooting that killed one and injured five others were denied bond in court Friday morning.

Skywest is contractually bound to Scottsbluff and two other cities, partly because of a lack of competition.

Relatively flat stretch of two-lane highway has seen its share of accidents

The new rural health education complex at the University of Nebraska at Kearney will be named for the school’s current chancellor.

A total of four people were injured in two accidents, about a mile apart

As a strange illness is affecting dogs across the country, vets say there is no reason to panic about your four-legged companions.

Minden hosted its first 'Light of the World' pageant in 1946. Now nearly 80 years later, the annual tradition, which helped earn Minden the moniker Nebraska's Christmas City, is still going strong.

In 2016, 200 wind turbines started to spin across Holt County, some of them right in the middle of Mike Zakrzewski’s fields. 

Tis the season for Christmas lights! There’s a North Pole closer to home in northeast Nebraska, where Rocky Smidt has been setting up Christmas lights for decades.

An elementary school that has been under construction since March at Grand Island Central Catholic is on track to welcome students in 2024. 

A high school in central Nebraska is equipping its’ students with professional clothing.

One northeast Nebraska city was chosen to receive funds to help revitalize its downtown district.

A Grand Island teen is in jail in connection to a fatal accident.

MOPS International, a Denver-based Christian ministry providing a mom community to mothers of young children around the globe, announced in September that it will rebrand to “TheMomCo by MOPS International” in Spring 2024. 

Two more people are in police custody in connection to a Central Nebraska manhunt.

Traffic diverted west and east of the highway, from midday Thursday to mid afternoon

A Winnebago man was given prison time after he was convicted of abusive contact with a minor.

Honeybees in the Heartland springboards art movement

Sidney High School students will be competing to promote their product or service, and among $8,000 in prizes at the first Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in Sidney.

The Scottsbluff Police Department is reporting an increase in the number of scam telephone calls, including scams representing the police department.

One person has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a kitchen fire in southwest Lincoln Thursday morning, according to Lincoln Fire and Rescue.

After being convicted for meth in Wayne County, a California man was given prison time.

A Fort Calhoun man was sentenced to prison for his school threat conviction.

A child pornography conviction led to prison time for an Omaha man.

Caden Shanklin of Hot Springs, South Dakota, is Chadron State College’s first student to earn the state Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) Outstanding Health Education Major of the Year overall award.  

The United Nations is targeting Nebraska’s largest business. 

One northeast Nebraska college's speech team is having a successful season as they begin to wrap up the semester.

People in Central Nebraska have an opportunity to get paid for their old toys.

Union Pacific crews were busy in Sidney today cleaning up after a four-car derailment.

After a recording breaking Black Friday and the holiday shopping season in full-swing, what are ways to prevent packages being stolen from your front door?

Roof replacement has been underway at the Christ Church Episcopal, at 5th and Lincoln

The groundbreaking rural health education complex currently under construction at the University of Nebraska-Kearney may soon be named after the man who pushed for its creation.

Dr. Ben LaCrosse, a Norfolk native and onsite Board-Certified Radiologist at Fountain Point Imaging Center in Norfolk, is raising awareness about the benefits of Low-Dose Chest CT scan for lung cancer screening.

The City of Norfolk was recently awarded $435,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding to help with commercial rehabilitation activities downtown in the form of façade improvements through the Nebraska Department of Economic Development.

The Lower Elkhorn NRD Board of Directors received and approved 10 applications for the Community Forestry Incentive Program, and one application for the Forestry Incentive for Public Facilities Program for Fiscal Year 2025.

The Sidney City Council gave a thumbs-up to the purchase of three more SCBA units and related equipment for the Sidney Fire Department November 28.

The community support of the Night of Hope's 2023 campaign resulted in the donation of new equipment for the Dowart Cancer Care center. Proceeds from the Night of Hope purchased a blanket warmer and a battery-powered patient lift. 

Bird Flu has returned to Nebraska, as the Department of Agriculture is reporting the first case has been confirmed in the state.

The issue that set the last Nebraska legislative session on fire didn’t burn so brightly on Tuesday.

A garage and 2 houses were damaged by an early morning fire in Fairbury.

Change would move up the last day of school for Prekindergarten through fifth grade

The Sidney City Council Tuesday approved a TIF plan for R Perry Construction to build 11 new homes in Sidney. The agreement is housing at a maximum of $275,000 near the Lodgepole Creek Apartments.

Authorities discovered methamphetamine and other drug paraphernalia while investigating a single-vehicle accident southwest of Sidney Sunday. 

The airport that serves Thedford and the surrounding area was honored as the Airport of the Year in 2022, and it continues to serve pilots with state-of-the-art facilities in the Sandhills.

Law enforcement recognized the Northfield and Rock Churches for their help during the 28-hour stand off that took place in Gering in September.

Three people were hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash just east of Mitchell Tuesday morning.