KEARNEY, Neb. – The Republican Party of Nebraska has announced Kearney as the location for its 2020 Convention. Events will held in and around the Younes Conference Center. The convention will gavel into session on Saturday, June 6. On Friday, June 5th, Republicans from across the state and region will gather to kick the event off with…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Two Nebraska State Penitentiary staff members were seriously injured when they were assaulted by an inmate on Saturday. The state Department of Correctional Services says an inmate punched a staff member in the head and knocked him out. The inmate continued to assault the staff member and used pepper spray on…
ROCK PORT, Mo. (AP) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Omaha District says work crews have closed the final breach of a Missouri River levee in the far northwest corner of Missouri that broke open during massive flooding last year. The break just southwest of Rock Port was one of several along the levee…
WRESTLING The State Wrestling Championships at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, A Team Scores 1 Millard South 213.0 2 Lincoln East 143.0 3 Omaha Central 123.5 4 Grand Island 114.5 5 Columbus 111.5 6 Kearney 110. – Kearney High Individual Results – A152 – Gauge Mcbride (46-5) placed 1st A126 – Rylie Steele…
Michigan State handed the Nebraska men’s basketball team their 11th straight loss, topping the Huskers 86-65 last night at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Nebraska was within three at the break, but shot just 28 percent in the second half, while the Spartans shot 61 percent in the 2nd half to pull away in the final 20…
The Nebraska women’s basketball team opened last night by going 0-for-16 from three-point range on the road and were unable to recover in a 65-52 loss at Ohio State. The Huskers hit just 34.4 percent (21-61) of their shots from the field, and were 2-for-20 from three-point range. With the loss, the Husker women are…
Kuzma/iStock(NEW YORK) — The jury reached a verdict in the New York rape trial of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced former Hollywood mega-producer.Weinstein, 67, was found guilty of criminal sexual assault and of rape in the third degree. He was found not guilty of the more serious charges of predatory sexual assault and of rape in…
Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — NBA great Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, will be honored at a public memorial service Monday, nearly one month after the helicopter crash that took their lives.Monday’s service is set to begin at 10 a.m. local time in downtown Los Angeles at the Staples Center — home of…
Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling, closing near the lowest levels in several months. Commodities and the broader market responded to the spread of coronavirus in China and other countries, with new reports of outbreaks in Japan, South Korea, Iran, and Italy. The trade was already uncertain about demand from China because…
Samantha Morton as Alpha – Jackson Lee Davis/AMC(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE CONTENT) While The Walking Dead has always explored hookups in age of the zombie apocalypse, Sunday night’s season 10 mid-season premiere featured a first: a sex scene between Negan and Alpha, with Alpha wearing only her customary dead skin mask. The episode featured Samantha…