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West Nile Virus Confirmed in Kansas Horse

MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health (KDA–DAH) was notified in August by the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory that a horse in Reno County has tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). The horse was euthanized due to the severity of the i...

Police treating Lincoln explosion as crime scene

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into a natural gas explosion in Lincoln that seriously injured two people, leveled a house and significantly damaged nearly 20 other homes. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that police are focusing on the home where authoriti...

Nebraska unemployment for July drops slightly from June

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The Nebraska Labor Department says the state's preliminary unemployment rate dropped slightly in July to 2.8 percent. That compared to 2.9 percent in June. The department said in a report released Friday that the July rate was four-tenths of a point under the year-ago rate...

Legends Alabama coming to NEBRASKAland DAYS

Country Music’s original super group returns to North Platte for the 2018 NEBRASKAland DAYS US Cellular Summer Jam Concert series. Alabama, loaded with a library of number one singles and awards, will close the 2018 Celebration on Saturday, June 23rd 2018. It's been 40 years since a trio of y...