Updated: 9:44 PM This year's Nebraska State Fair may lift expectations for fairgoers. Officials say this is because of the new Sky Tram that is being built, which is sure to top fairs of years' past.
Posted: 2:01 PM The Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce says the theme of this year's parade will be "Soaring through the Heartland-Choppers, Planes and Cranes.”
Updated: 2:18 PM The league operated team will forfeit their 2012 Playoff run, despite wishes from their fans.
Posted: 1:52 PM Citizens won't be able to drop utility payments off after hours during construction.
Updated: 6:12 PM Shooting sports are the fastest growing youth 4-H program, with more than 306,000 participants nation wide, but only the toughest competitors have made it to Grand Island this week.
Updated: 8:22 PM Former Nebraska Gov. Norbert Tiemann, who oversaw the implementation of the state's sales and income taxes, has died. He was 87.
Updated: 11:23 AM A 25-year-old North Platte man who stabbed another man to death has been given one to five years in prison.
Posted: 9:27 AM A 43-year-old North Platte woman has made a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of arson.
Posted: 9:23 AM A North Platte man has been convicted of two counts in connection with a drug-related death.
Posted: 7:32 AM One of three former Grand Island-based insurance agents accused of defrauding more than 250 investors out of $29 million has pleaded guilty.
Posted: 7:11 AM A 30-year-old woman who repaid most of the money she stole from her employer in south-central Nebraska has been given six months of house arrest.
Updated: 9:39 PM A Valley County District Court judge sustained a motion from John Oldson's attorney to disclose evidence the defense says points to three new suspects in the 1989 murder of Cathy Beard.
Updated: 9:43 PM The Hall County Board gathered on Tuesday to, again, discuss the possible consolidation of the Assessor and Register of Deeds offices. Eventually, officials say, they decided to leave it to the public.
Updated: 7:32 AM Kearney's Harmon Park will be undergoing some changes this summer with the installation of a new playground, but it's not going to be just another set of swings and slides.
Posted: 5:59 PM Firefighters believe that more than half of the wildfire that charred thousands of acres in northwest Nebraska has been contained.
Posted: 4:53 PM The Danger wide receiver was named to the All-IFL Second team in his first season in the IFL.
Updated: 7:33 AM A twist on a traditional summer camp has kids with diabetes signing up.
Posted: 3:05 PM Organizers of a Nebraska airshow say a passenger injured during a hot air balloon ride is an elderly woman whose ankle was broken.
Posted: 5:29 AM A 29-year-old North Platte man has been given 87 months in federal prison for selling methamphetamine.
Updated: 4:48 AM Principal Mitch Bartholomew says York High School is undergoing a lot of changes this summer.
Updated: 5:00 AM Thousands of dollars were embezzled from the Grand Island Community Foundation.
Updated: 5:03 AM With high temperatures expected this week, health professionals are urging people to find ways to stay cool.
Posted: 4:43 PM Officials say fire lines held up overnight and firefighters will be attacking the east side of a wildfire that has blackened hundreds of acres in northwest Nebraska.
Posted: 4:39 PM A former Kimball city councilman has been sentenced to 14 to 20 years in prison for attempted sexual assault of a teenage boy.
Updated: 6:38 PM One Central Nebraska summer camp is aiming to connect kids with nature.
