Category Archives: KGFW News
Nebraska Medicine Covid Pilot project with OPS
(KGFW) - Nebraska Medicine said yesterday that a pilot project with Omaha Public Schools has revealed much higher COVID-19 infection and case rates among students and staff than what's currently being...
Apr 22, 2021
Omaha radio host fired for tweet criticized as racist
OMAHA, Neb. (AP/KGFW) - A conservative radio host in Omaha lost his job for a social media post criticized as racist that he sent minutes after the conviction of a white former Minneapolis police offi...
Apr 22, 2021 hank Mitchell / CC
Gov. Ricketts Designates Nebraska as a "Second Amendment Sanctuary State"
LINCOLN, Neb. (Press Release) -Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced that he had signed a proclamation designating Nebraska as a "Second Amendment Sanctuary State." The proclamation is symbolic, and...
Apr 14, 2021
North Platte man sentenced after stealing from mother
GENEVA, Neb. (PRESS RELEASE) – Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson announced today that a North Platte man was sentenced to the Nebraska Department of Corrections after pleading no contest t...
Apr 13, 2021
UNK removing four buildings, including Otto Olsen, Conrad Hall
Photos by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications by Tyler Ellyson, editor, UNK News KEARNEY, Neb. (UNK) - The University of Nebraska at Kearney campus will look a little different when the 2021-22 school...
Apr 13, 2021
Gov. Ricketts: Nebraska Declines Federal Request to House Migrant Children
LINCOLN, Neb. (Press Release) - Today, Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following a request to Nebraska from the Biden-Harris Administration to house displaced migrant children. "President Bi...
Apr 13, 2021
Lincoln man arrested in strong arm robbery near Kearney
GIBBON, Neb. (KGFW) – A man was arrested Sunday afternoon after a clerk at the Minden I-80 exit gas station reported that the man jumped the counter, shoved him out of the way, and grabbed cash ...
Apr 11, 2021
Fonner announces IA company as casino partner
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KGFW) – Fonner Park announced Friday Elite Casino Resorts, of Riverside, IA, as the horse track’s casino operating partner. Fonner Park said in a news release issued at...
Apr 09, 2021
Gov. Ricketts, State Leaders Oppose Federal Designation for South Central Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. (Press Release) - Today, Governor Pete Ricketts and state leaders announced their opposition to the creation of a National Heritage Area in Nebraska. Recently, the Kansas Nebraska Herita...
Apr 07, 2021
NSP Investigating Two Deaths in Rural Gage County
LINCOLN, NEB. (NSP) - The Nebraska State Patrol and Gage County Sheriff's Office are investigating the deaths of two people who were found deceased at a residence in rural Gage County, near Blue Sprin...
Apr 06, 2021