Category Archives: KGFW News
Police Standoff with Shooting Suspect in Kearney
KEARNEY, Ne. (KPD) - On Monday, August 16, 2021, at approximately 11 a.m. Buffalo County Sheriff's Office received information that 33-year-old Jeffrey Smith was at 1823 2nd Avenue, Apartment B in Kea...
Aug 16, 2021
Plattsmouth Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Distributing Child Pornography
August 13, 2021 (DOJ) - Acting United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced that Juan Burnell, age 34, of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court on Friday, August 13, 2021, in Omaha, N...
Aug 13, 2021
Additional Information Released on Juniata Active Shooter/Standoff
AUGUST 11, 2021 GRAND ISLAND, NEB. (NSP) - The Nebraska State Patrol is able to release additional information regarding the active shooter situation that led to a standoff and officer-involved shooti...
Aug 11, 2021
Trooper Shot in Juniata Standoff, Officer-Involved Shooting
AUGUST 11, 2021 (HASTINGS, NEB.) - A Nebraska State Trooper was wounded during a standoff with an armed subject in the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 11. The trooper suffered a non-life-thre...
Aug 11, 2021
Dedication of the Veteran's Memorial in Elm Creek
The American Legion Post 316, the Auxiliary, and the Village of Elm Creek would like to invite you to the dedication ceremony of the new Veteran's Memorial in downtown Elm Creek. The dedication ceremo...
Aug 06, 2021 Aaron Burden / Unsplash
'I felt called to it': Maha Younes named chief diversity officer at UNK
By TYLER ELLYSON KEARNEY, NE ( UNK Communications) - Maha Younes was supposed to be on the search committee for the University of Nebraska at Kearney's chief diversity officer position. With extensive...
Aug 02, 2021
Multi-County Pursuit Leads to Arrest near Shelton
August 2, 2021 Grand Island, Neb. (NSP) - Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested an O'Neill man following a pursuit in Buffalo and Hall Counties Sunday afternoon At approximately 4:00 p...
Aug 02, 2021
NSP Renews Request for Information Regarding Missing Woman
JULY 23, 2021 (LINCOLN, NEB.) NSP - The Nebraska State Patrol is renewing its request for information related to the disappearance of a Jefferson County woman last month. Investigators have been activ...
Jul 23, 2021
Subject Located from overnight Chadron Homicide
July 23, 2021 (Chadron, Neb.) NSP- Law enforcement authorities have located a person sought for questioning in connection with a homicide that occurred overnight in Chadron. The Nebraska State Patrol ...
Jul 23, 2021
The Man and The Hot Rod
Last week on KGFW's TOT Stan Staab shared a story of reunification. Stan: "Well I lived in Ansley, and I was just a 16 year old kid who loved cars. And I spotted this old car and it was actuall...
Jul 12, 2021