Authorities say firefighters have completely contained a fire that blackened just under 604 acres in the Nebraska National Forest, west of Dunning.

A large grass fire just across Highway 83 from Wellfleet took four rural volunteer fire departments over two hours to contain on Friday afternoon.

Two fires just minutes apart kept all three North Platte fire stations busy Friday night.

The North Platte Community Playhouse said "Cheers for 90 Years" as they installed the newly renovated Fox sign.

Burwell English teacher and head volleyball coach Megan McNeil Helberg is the Nebraska Dept of Education's 2019-20 Teacher of the Year.

The Nebraska State Patrol has arrested a California man and seized cocaine and pot found during a traffic stop on I-80 near Brady.

Snow and bitter cold is expected across much of Nebraska and Iowa at the start of the work week.

Nebraska's rural areas are struggling with a shortage of high-speed internet, and consumers who live there are likely paying more for service than their urban counterparts.

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Minnesota man and seized hundreds of packages of THC products following a traffic stop in Custer County.

Traffic at a North Platte intersection was disrupted Wednesday when a dump truck damaged a light pole.

Officials say a late harvest, wet corn and the fall chill have combined to multiply demand for propane in Iowa and other states.

The Nebraska State Patrol has announced the promotion of Trooper Tyler Schmidt to the position of Troop D Captain.

The Nebraska State Patrol were able to bring a low-speed pursuit to a safe conclusion Tuesday afternoon near Gothenburg on Interstate 80.

A Grand Island teen will be charged and tried as an adult in North Platte.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says one person is dead after a car accident in North Platte on Sunday.

A new report says farm bankruptcies have risen in Nebraska and Iowa.

Daylight saving time returns to Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri in March.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents' selection to become the next University President has started the public vetting process.

All three of Nebraska's Republican Congressmen voted against the impeachment inquiry, as did every other Republican in the House.

The Nebraska State Patrol is issuing safety reminders about winter driving after a trooper was struck by a vehicle while assisting a driver this week in Omaha.

The Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles is warning residents of scam phone calls from people claiming they work at the DMV.

A judge says a man who authorities say killed six members of a Nebraska family more than 40 years ago will remain in state care.

The Nebraska State Patrol says troopers have seized 91 pounds of marijuana found in an SUV during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near the western Nebraska town of Maxwell.

A January sentencing has been scheduled for a woman accused of fatally stabbing a man in western Nebraska.

Officials in North Platte have begun the process to get the city’s downtown placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Kent Miller with the Twin Platte Natural Resources District said water from the Nebraska Cooperative Republican Platte Enhancement Project will be pumped into the Platte River to continue providing irrigation water to Nebraskans beginning in January.

The Doris Day Animal Foundation is giving PAWS-itive Partners Humane Society of North Platte a $5,000 grant to spay and neuter cats.

A Wallace man is accused of sexually assaulting a child at the Sutherland Reservoir this past summer and possibly at other times.

One person is recovering after a semi rollover accident that killed more than a dozen cattle on I-80 Thursday night.

Authorities say a man whose car broke down on I-80 was struck and killed by a semi-trailer in Lincoln County.

Cherry County Courtroom as Commissioners approved the conditional use permit for the Cody Kilgore Wind Turbine Project Tuesday afternoon, but not without a few revisions.

The local debut of a movie shot in North Platte is scheduled for Friday night.

Authorities say a pickup truck driver has died in a rollover crash on Interstate 80 in western Nebraska.

Two felony charges against a North Platte man were thrown out by a local district judge.

A North Platte family is looking for answers after their pet was found dead from by apparent torture.

The Nebraska State Patrol has conducted alcohol inspections in Cherry and Brown Counties

NORTH PLATTE - North Platte Police says a 4-year old girl that was accidentally shot yesterday by her 8-year old brother has been treated and released from the hospital. Police first arrived to a home on East 12th Street around 11 AM on reports of a shoot

North Platte Police are looking for a man who allegedly used a knife to assault a man in the city Tuesday night.

The National Transportation Safety Board says a South Dakota pilot who died in a single-engine plane crash along with his teenage son should not have had a passenger.

The Nebraska trial of a Kansas man charged with the collision deaths of four Iowa motorcyclists has been delayed again.

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested four people and seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana during two traffic stops on Interstate 80.

A father and son were killed in plane crash north of Valentine in South Dakota last Sunday.

North Platte Police are looking for the person who spray painted a racial slur on a white fence in the city.

North Platte Police are investigating a Friday night mobile home fire after Fire Marshal George Lewis called it arson.

Investigators say a cornfield blocked a driver's view before he pulled out in front of an oncoming semitrailer truck and caused a fatal crash.

The North Platte Police Department is warning residents to watch for suspicious behavior after a possible child abduction attempt.

Authorities say a woman has died after being struck by a train in western Nebraska’s Keith County.

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol seized around 14 pounds of pot during a traffic stop on I-80 near North Platte on Tuesday.

Authorities in southwestern Nebraska say a married couple were killed when their car was hit by a train at a railroad crossing east of McCook.

Authorities have identified the driver of a car killed in a collision with a semitrailer south of North Platte.

A man has been given 20 months for the death of a pedestrian in North Platte.

An Illinois man has died following an incident on Interstate 80 near Brule Sunday evening.

A North Platte man is facing multiple charges after leading the Nebraska State Patrol on a pursuit Wednesday morning.

A former village clerk and treasurer accused of stealing from her central Nebraska community has been given a year's probation.

Two people from North Platte were arrested after a chase by Nebraska State Patrol Troopers early Thursday morning.

A central Nebraska judge has ruled that a North Platte man arrested in connection with the arson of his own home is not competent to stand trial.

A North Platte man has been imprisoned for injuring an officer during a fight.

A former business manager for a nursing home in southwest Nebraska has been given two years of probation and ordered to spend some weekends in jail.

Four inmates at the Lincoln County Detention Center are facing charges after allegedly assaulting and robbing another inmate.

Nebraska state troopers have arrested a man and seized 18 pounds of a marijuana extract following a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in western Nebraska.

A North Platte police officer has accepted a plea agreement for an off-duty drunk driving incident in April.

The Nebraska State Patrol has arrested two people and seized 16 pounds of meth, during a traffic stop in Lincoln County.

A North Platte man faces strangulation and assault charges after a Sunday morning incident in which his girlfriend said he smothered her with a pillow until she nearly passed out.

Ron Rosati, the top administrator at the two-year Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, will retire early next month.

A 27-year-old man has been given five to 10 years in prison for trying to set his North Platte home on fire but not letting his wife leave.

A contentious lawsuit regarding wind energy in the Sandhills is on hold following a Monday afternoon hearing.