Updated: 10:56 PM Coaches say Anthony Blum will be missed.

Updated: 9:41 PM Summer doesn't officially begin until later this month, but most schools are out and vacation has begun. For central Nebraska cities like Hastings that means working on bringing tourists into their communities.

Updated: 9:58 PM On Friday afternoon, a press conference was called at Grand Island City Hall to announce the resumption of the Grand Island quiet zone -- the end of regular train horn soundings through Grand Island's downtown area.

Updated: 3:38 PM Officials confirm names of students involved in a two-vehicle crash near Ansley yesterday that killed three people.

Updated: 10:47 PM The University of Nebraska is proposing a 3.75 percent tuition increase for the upcoming school year.

Updated: 10:07 PM The process for Nebraska producers is cyclical: grow the crops, feed them to your livestock, then use that livestock waste as fertilizer for the next round of crops. But some producers are now taking that sustainable process one step further.

Posted: 10:09 AM A 22-year-old South Dakota man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other charges stemming from a chase through south-central Nebraska.

Updated: 7:33 AM The 2012 Cattlemen's Ball will light up McCool Junction for two days of fun and fundraising for cancer.

Posted: 7:37 PM Grand Island's Oak Street crossing will be closed Friday.

Posted: 7:34 PM The City of Grand Island bid farewell to another long time department head on Thursday.

Posted: 7:27 PM A 77-year-old man was knocked unconscious by a falling air conditioner unit.

Updated: 9:37 PM For many elderly people, living alone in a home, especially after a recent hospitalization, can seem nearly impossible. But researchers working with the Good Samaritan Society in Hastings hope to change that.

Posted: 4:45 PM EPA flyovers of animal feeding operations like feedlots have producers and elected officials asking a lot of questions, and now the EPA has responded.

Updated: 6:37 PM One Central Nebraska Hospital is going green in a big way.

Posted: 7:08 AM A former worker at a Kearney hospital has been given a year of probation and fined $500 for fraudulently taking prescription medications.

Updated: 6:34 AM The Nebraska Supreme Court has refused to hear a direct challenge to the state's new pipeline siting law.

Updated: 9:36 AM The Nebraska mom accused of pimping out her 14- and 7-year-old daughters has waived her preliminary hearing, so the case will move forward in district court.

Updated: 9:48 PM Summer is mosquito season, and health officials say there are many reasons to prepare.

Updated: 4:40 AM The University of Nebraska said it has identified a person who may have hacked into a database containing personal data on students, alumni, parents and university employees.

Updated: 7:46 PM Each Wednesday NCN talks with Laurie Dethloff of the Central Nebraska Humane Society.

Updated: 4:49 PM Government flyovers of feedlots and other animal feeding operations has Nebraska producers asking a lot of questions. Now elected officials have gotten involved in the quest for answers.

Posted: 10:16 AM A 41-year-old woman has been charged with assaulting a police officer in the Nebraska Panhandle city of Sidney.

Posted: 10:14 AM The Nebraska Panhandle city of Gering eliminated a new lodging tax before it could go into effect this summer because nearby cities didn't adopt a similar tax.

Updated: 9:44 PM Syngenta says it's preparing a $63 million expansion at its seed corn production facility at Phillips in south-central Nebraska.

Updated: 9:49 PM Imagine being told your car that was stolen four years ago was found at the bottom of a lake.