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City of McCook Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire Tuesday
Jan 20, 2021 / City of McCook Fire Department: Marc A. Harpham,Fire/EMS Chief
Per McCook Fire Department: The City of McCook Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire Tuesday evening at #26 S... continue readingFive Arrested Following Traffic Stop in Red Willow County
Jan 20, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
JANUARY 20, 2021 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested five people fol... continue readingBenkelman Evacuated Due to Large Wildfire
Jan 15, 2021 / Associated Press
Per Dundy County Sheriff's Office Facebook Page: There is currently a large fire on the northwestern side of Benkelman. Mutual ... continue readingTroopers Locate 35 LBs of Marijuana Hidden in Tires
Jan 14, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
JANUARY 14, 2021 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested two people after loca... continue readingTroopers Locate Missing Endangered Illinois Juvenile
Jan 10, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
JANUARY 9, 2021 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested a California man... continue readingRicketts hints at ballot measure if property tax push fails
Jan 10, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts will push to reduce property taxes during this legislative session by li... continue readingNebraska man arrested in stabbing death of 4 month old
Jan 10, 2021 / Ap
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man in the stabbing death of a 4-month-old baby in Nebraska. Police in F... continue readingNSP Investigating after Man Dies from Self Inflicted Gunshot during Brief Standoff in Kearney County
Jan 7, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
JANUARY 7, 2021 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) is investigating an incident in which a subj... continue readingMore GOP lawmakers enlist in Trump effort to undo Biden win
Jan 3, 2021 / Ap
WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Republican lawmakers have joined President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effor... continue readingElderly to be next priority for COVID19 vaccine
Jan 2, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska health officials say people 75 and older are the state's next priority for distribution of ... continue readingGOP senator rebukes dangerous ploy to fight Biden victory
Dec 31, 2020 / Ap
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska has issued a pointed rebuke of GOP attempts to object Jan. 6 to t... continue readingHouse approves Trumps COVID19 relief checks
Dec 28, 2020 / Ap
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted overwhelmingly to increase COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Dona... continue readingNSP Investigating After Subject Commits Suicide during Traffic
Dec 24, 2020 / Nebraska State Patrol
DECEMBER 24, 2020 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an incident that occurred in Gr... continue readingGovernor Ricketts announces new directed health measures
Dec 24, 2020 / Governors Office Release
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced that the State is moving from the “yellow” to “blue&r... continue readingWinter storm claims three lives
Dec 24, 2020 / Nebraska State Patrol
Additional Details Released Regarding Triple-Fatality Crash Wednesday DECEMBER 24, 2020 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) &mdash... continue readingCongress seals agreement on a COVID relief bill
Dec 20, 2020 / Ap
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top negotiators in Congress have sealed a deal on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief packag... continue reading15 year old body found submerged in car in Grand Island lake
Dec 13, 2020 / Ap
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Investigators in south-central Nebraska say a 15-year-old Grand Island boy has been found dead ... continue readingNebraska relaxes restrictions after hospitalizations dip
Dec 13, 2020 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will relax its coronavirus restrictions on Saturday after a recent decline in hospitalized pa... continue readingNSP SWAT Makes Arrest in Homicide Investigation
Dec 10, 2020 / Nebraska State Patrol
DECEMBER 10, 2020 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team have arrested a person w... continue readingLead investigator in Beatrice 6 exoneration dies after crash
Dec 8, 2020 / Ap
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a former police investigator whose work helped exonerate six people wrongly convict... continue reading2 killed and 2 critically injured in Omaha house explosion
Dec 8, 2020 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Fire officials say an explosion that leveled a home in Omaha, Nebraska, has left two people dead and t... continue readingNebraska virus numbers improving but cases remain high
Dec 8, 2020 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The latest virus numbers in Nebraska show some improvement but health officials say virus cases still ... continue readingSix Hour Standoff Ends with Arrest in Hayes Center
Dec 2, 2020 / Nebraska State Patrol
DECEMBER 2, 2020 (HAYES CENTER, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have brought a standoff of mo... continue readingStandoff Ends With Arrest near McCook after Four Hours
Dec 1, 2020 / NSP
Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP), working with the McCook Police Department and Red Willow County Sheriff’s ... continue readingFriday Morning Police Chase
Nov 27, 2020 / McCook Public Department
On November 27, 2020, at 4:36 am, officers with the McCook Police Departmentattempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation... continue reading