Category Archives: KGFW News
KGFW News Update 3-6-23
A Sonic Manager put out a fire this weekend. Kearney Public School Board will be discussing two policies regarding transgender athletes tonight. Troopers arrested a suspect in a gas station robbery in...
Mar 06, 2023
Celebrate Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Lincoln - Throughout March, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) observes Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The purpose of this awareness month is to educate and encourage Nebr...
Mar 03, 2023 Nathan Anderson / Unsplash
UNK students win national broadcasting awards
NEW YORK - University of Nebraska at Kearney students took first place in two categories during the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Media Awards competition. Jon Willis, a sophomore sports communi...
Mar 03, 2023 UNK students, from left, Ethan McCormick, Jon Willis and Grant Tighe are pictured during last weekend’s Intercollegiate Broadcasting System annual conference in New York City. (Courtesy photo)
KGFW News Update 3-3-23
Several false school shooting reports were made Thursday across Nebraska. A North Platte teacher who was arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a 17-year-old student is going to the district ...
Mar 03, 2023
Several Nebraska schools receive false school shooting threats
According to a news release, the Nebraska State Patrol has received information regarding several false reports of school shootings that have been placed to 911 call centers across Nebraska this morni...
Mar 02, 2023
NPPD Kearney Power Project hearing
Columbus, Neb. - Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) will hold a public hearing for the Kearney Power Project, March 13 at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn. NPPD has identified a proposed route for a new 1...
Mar 02, 2023
Temporary Whitewater Trail Closure
The City of Kearney Parks Department would like to inform the public that warranty repairs required on the Whitewater Park near 2ndAvenue will begin Thursday, March 2, 2023. During this time the hike-...
Mar 02, 2023
KGFW News Update 3-2-23
On Tuesday, Kearney Police received four reports of burglaries from four Kearney businesses. Nebraska Public Power District is holding a public hearing for Kearney Power Project. Nebraska State Troope...
Mar 02, 2023
UNK Dance presenting spring concert Thursday through Saturday
KEARNEY - University Theatre at Kearney and the UNK Dance Program are presenting the spring dance concert, "embodied," Thursday through Saturday in the Miriam Drake Theatre on campus. All showtimes ar...
Mar 01, 2023 The UNK Dance spring concert features 11 pieces, running about two hours. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications)
Kearney Man dies in overnight vehicle crash
A Kearney man died in a single vehicle crash overnight Tuesday. According to a news release, on Tuesday at 1:09 a.m. Kearney Police and Good Samaritan EMS responded to a crash at North Railroad Avenue...
Mar 01, 2023