Category Archives: KGFW News
Armed man shot by police inside Target didn't fire at people
A timeline released Friday shows that a man who entered a Target store in Nebraska earlier this week armed with an AR-15-style weapon was shot by police less than 10 minutes after firing his first rou...
Feb 06, 2023 Bexar Arms / Unsplash
KGFW News Update 2-6-23
Kearney held its 23rd Annual Polar Plunge for Special Olympics at Yanney Park. A Lexington man is facing 9 years in prison on drug charges. Grand Island firefighters responded to a house fire Sunday a...
Feb 06, 2023
Nebraska Medicaid Resuming Regular Reviews of Medicaid Eligibility
LINCOLN - Following the recent passage of federal legislation, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is resuming regular reviews of Medicaid eligibility. Since the beginning of t...
Feb 03, 2023 Van Tay Media / Unsplash
University of Nebraska Board of Regents to meet Feb. 10
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St. in Lincoln. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. The meeting is open to the public and will be li...
Feb 03, 2023 Yutaka Tsutano / CC
Good Samaritan Health Career Scholarship
KEARNEY - Since 1989, the Foundation at CHI Health Good Samaritan has awarded $294,891 in scholarships to 431 future nurses, respiratory therapists, paramedics and other health professionals. Upon gra...
Feb 03, 2023 Glenn Carstens-Peters / Unsplash
Feb. 8 presentation focuses on the history of arts and culture in Kearney
WHAT: Brown Bag Lecture Series HOSTED BY: UNK Department of History TITLE: "The History of Arts and Culture in Kearney" TOPIC: For 150 years, the residents of Kearney have fostered a vibrant arts and ...
Feb 03, 2023 The Kearney Opera House, pictured in 1910. (Library of Congress)
Two KHS Students Selected for K-12 National Ceramic Exhibition
Two Kearney High School students were selected to have their work on display at the 26th Annual National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition. Every year students K-12 from around the country submit their pieces f...
Feb 03, 2023
KGFW News Update 2-3-23
A Cozad man charged in connection to a motorcycle gang fight last year in Elm Creek, was sentenced to two years probation. Grand Island Conestoga Mall is losing another anchor store. The Kearney Polic...
Feb 03, 2023
NSP Arrests Lincoln Man in Child Exploitation Investigation
Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol Tech Crimes Unit, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), arrested a Lincoln man after a child exploitation investigation. According t...
Feb 02, 2023
Several KHS Students selected for Scholastic Art Awards of Nebraska
This year 21 pieces of art created by Kearney High School students were selected for the Scholastic Art Awards of Nebraska, six of which received the highest honor awarded, the Gold Key Award. The stu...
Feb 02, 2023