KEARNEY - The Kearney High School girls punch their ticket to state with the 67-59 win over Omaha Marian during the Class A 3 District Championship held at Kearney on Thursday, Feb. 26. Photos by Rick Tucker, Central Nebraska Today

The Nebraska baseball team outslugged Kansas State Tuesday, earning a 14-9 victory that was the Cornhuskers' 14th in the last 15 games, including Nebraska's third straight on the road. Drew Grego slugged two home runs and was 3-for-4 with five RBI to pace the Huskers (18-6) offense. Mac Moyer was 4-for-6 with an RBI at...

GRAND ISLAND - Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03) opened nominations this week for the 2026 Angels in Adoption Award for Nebraska's Third District. Angels in Adoption, a project of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, provides Members of Congress the opportunity to honor an individual or entity from their d...

Pfizer logo (Photo Illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Earlier this week, pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its partner Valneva announced that an experimental Lyme disease vaccine showed more than 70% effi...

Miley Cyrus and guests celebrate the world premiere of the 'Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special' at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on March 23, 2026. (Frank Micelotta/Disney)We're pumpin' up the party, because it's the 20th anniversary of Ha...

An ag economist says the continued rise in fuel prices will impact profitability in the livestock sector.  Charley Martinez with the University of Tennessee says trucking costs are starting to creep up. "The rule of thumb usually is whatever the p...

GRAND ISLAND - The Grand Island Public Library will be offering two special programs for teens ages 12-18 on upcoming days when Grand Island Public Sc...

GRAND ISLAND - The Grand Island Public Library will be offering two special programs for teens ages 12-18 on upcoming days when Grand Island Public Schools are not in session this spring. On Friday, April 3, the library will host "Painting with Jill" at 2 p.m. in partnership with Jill Canfield of Arts and Dra...

Producers attending Wisconsin's biggest farm show have different reasons for going. Brownfield asked a few attendees at the 64th WPS Farm Show what caught their attention and what impressed them most. They said, “Just the number of people that a...

GRAND ISLAND - The Grand Island Public Schools Foundation, in proud partnership for 22 years with First National Bank, is thrilled to announce the lau...