Category Archives: KGFW News
Construction Work: 30th Avenue
The City of Kearney Public Works Department announces that on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 concrete repairs will take place on 30th Avenue in both southbound (western) lanes in the area of Meadowlark...
Sep 21, 2022 Sandy Millar / Unsplash
KGFW News Update 9-21-22
Grand Island teen Yahir Cardenas, 17, has pled not guilty to attempted first degree murder charges. The Grand Island Salvation Army has closed doors following a staff walk out due to alleged mistreatm...
Sep 21, 2022
Concrete Work: 39th Street and R Avenue
The City of Kearney Public Works Department announced that beginning at 8:30 a.m. today both westbound (northern) lanes of 39th Street will be closed from R Avenue east to the railroad spur to facilit...
Sep 20, 2022 Cindy Shebley / CC
Troopers Locate Over 20 LBS of Cocaine
Nebraska State Patrol Troopers located 20 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop Saturday. According to the Nebraska State Patrol, on Saturday a Ford Expedition was observed following another vehicle...
Sep 20, 2022 (Courtesy Nebraska State Patrol)
KGFW News Update 9-20-22
Grand Island Police are investigating another meat theft from over the weekend. Three semi-trailers with meat products worth more that $750,000 combined were stolen. Kearney man Dale Warren, 35, is ch...
Sep 20, 2022
Fire destroyed Lexington motel room
A fire destroyed a room and damaged others at the LR Ranch Motel Monday morning. The Lexington Clipper-Herald reports that at around 11 am, Lexington Volunteer Fire reported to the motel for the repor...
Sep 19, 2022 trec_lit / CC
Grand Island man arrested for DUI and firearms charges
A Grand Island man was arrested Saturday on multiple offenses. GIPD officers responded to a report of a vehicle that had left the road at the 1300th block of 2nd St. Upon contacting the vehicle, offic...
Sep 19, 2022 Sterling G / CC
One arrested after drugs found in vehicle
Grand Island Police arrested one person for drugs Saturday. Officers, after watching a known drug location, attempted to pull over a vehicle that they believed was involved in a drug deal. The vehicle...
Sep 19, 2022 Ken Hawkins / CC
Lexington Man Found Not Guilty in Murder Trial
A Lexington man has been found not guilty in a murder trial. On Friday, after final statements were made, and 4 hours of deliberations jurors found Francisco Hernandez-Corona,20, not guilty for first-...
Sep 19, 2022 Joe Gratz
Kearney Public Schools Celebrates 150 Years
Kearney Public Schools is celebrating 150 years and will be holding their 2022 All-Class Reunion this week Sept. 23-34. Graduates are invited to join the activities within the two days. There will be ...
Sep 19, 2022