Category Archives: KGFW News
Geneva man sentenced to 15 years in prison on drug charges
A Geneva man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on methamphetamine charges. In federal court Friday, Kurt D. Heckenliable, 51, of Geneva, Nebraska, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for possessio...
Jan 31, 2023 Bill Oxford / Unsplash
KGFW News Update 1-31-23
Two suspects involved in stealing a vehicle with three children inside Sunday are facing several charges. Thayer Central Community Schools in Hebron was closed Monday out of caution due to a threat. G...
Jan 31, 2023
Update: Three children are safe after being kidnapped in Grand Island Sunday
The Grand Island Police Department investigated the circumstances that led three children, a 5-year-old, a 1-year-old and 7 month-old, to be kidnapped during a car theft in the early hours Sunday. Acc...
Jan 30, 2023
NDVA Military Documentary Grant Application Opens Jan 31
Beginning January 31, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. (CT), the Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs (NDVA) will begin accepting applications for the NDVA Military Documentary Grant program. The deadline for a...
Jan 30, 2023 Jakob Owens / Unsplash
Kearney Police Department Youth Citizens Academy
The Kearney Police Department is proud to present a free, INTERACTIVE and HANDS-ON, course designed to provide teens with a chance to learn about the day to day duties of a Kearney Police Officer. The...
Jan 30, 2023
State's best to perform Jan. 30 at UNK Honor Band and Choral Clinic
KEARNEY - Students from 92 high schools in Nebraska will participate in the annual Honor Band and Choral Clinic hosted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney's Department of Music, Theatre and Dance...
Jan 30, 2023 Courtesy of UNK
KGFW News Update 1-30-23
Three children are safe after being kidnapped in Grand Island. A Texas teen who is charged with the murder of his mother is back in Texas. A semi-rollover near Inman killed 20 heads of cattle Saturday...
Jan 30, 2023
Three children are safe after being kidnapped in Grand Island Sunday
Three children are safe after being kidnapped during a vehicle theft in the early hours Sunday. According to a press release from the Grand Island Police Department on January 29th at about 3 a.m., a ...
Jan 30, 2023
UNK recognized as a top school for online master's programs in education
KEARNEY - When Gretchen Albers decided to return to the workforce, she found the perfect opportunity with Kearney Public Schools. A former third and fourth grade teacher in Lincoln and stay-at-home mo...
Jan 27, 2023 Gretchen Albers, a media specialist at Bryant and Central elementary schools in Kearney, is among the many educators who have benefited from an online master’s degree through UNK. (Photo by Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications)
Cozad woman arrested following pursuit
Nebraska State Patrol troopers arrested a Cozad woman following a pursuit in Central Nebraska on I-80. Troopers arrested driver, Mikayla Schooley, 25, of Cozad for flight to avoid arrest, willful reck...
Jan 27, 2023