Spoiled bacon, fatal accident and more: All of the biggest weekend stories

Catch up on all of the biggest stories from across the state of Nebraska!

December 26, 2021Updated: December 26, 2021

By News Channel Nebraska

A recap of the biggest weekend stories from across Nebraska:

Highlights from 2021 Shopping Spree in Sidney

Central Nebraska airport gets $1 million federal grant

Fatal motorcycle crash on Christmas Eve

Outdoor notes: Multispecies lottery permit applications accepted beginning Jan. 2

Chadron State graduates told finding a career they love may take perseverance

Driver in hospital after crashing while fleeing traffic stop

Man rescued after falling through ice while saving dog

Fatal pedestrian accident Christmas weekend

Fremont County deputies arrest two Omaha men after catching fake license plates

Food company sues over bacon that spoiled in warehouse

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Regional

Irish tradition keeps going in O'Neill ahead of St. Patrick's Day

Irish tradition keeps going in O'Neill ahead of St. Patrick's Day

Nebraska woman's vision revives century-old bank

Nebraska woman's vision revives century-old bank

Archangels Catholic quiets EPPJ to claim D2 title, school's first under new name

Archangels Catholic quiets EPPJ to claim D2 title, school's first under new name

Sen. Pete Ricketts holds roundtable for future progress of AG

Sen. Pete Ricketts holds roundtable for future progress of AG

State

Public Transit Week starts Monday

Fire near Valentine, Kilgore burns more than 16,000 acres, destroys home, kills livestock

Irish tradition keeps going in O'Neill ahead of St. Patrick's Day

Nebraska woman's vision revives century-old bank

Western District History Day results announced

Sidney Public Schools cancels classes March 30 for emergency training exercise

Sports

Scottsbluff Uses Fast Start to Win Class B State Championship

Lincoln Southwest wins first ever boys basketball title, keeps Class A trophy in Lincoln

Archangels Catholic quiets EPPJ to claim D2 title, school's first under new name

Black Hills State Takes First Two From Softball

Friday's local scoreboard, March 13

Elkhorn North ends Skutt’s reign in Class B

Ag & Outdoor

‘Worst-case scenario’: Fertilizer, fuel cost spikes hitting Nebraska farmers hard

Outdoor notes: Haag shares 100 years of Nebraskaland

Supplementing dryland wheat and irrigated corn with proso millet in drought years

Nebraska Extension to host March 17 Webinar on Confinement Feeding Cow-calf Pairs

Outdoor notes: Join Game and Parks in virtual fisheries discussion

Outdoor notes: Game and Parks releasing rainbow trout this spring