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Hershey Male Arrested for Threats

On Sunday, June 23, around 4:30 p.m., Deputies responded to a disturbance in Hershey, NE. It was reported a male subject had threatened his grandmother with a knife. Deputies located the elderly female hiding inside the house. She reported her grandson had threatened to kill her with a knife ...

Hershey Male Arrested for Threats

Futures One Crop Progress Report *AUDIO*

Ninety-six percent of intended corn acres and 85% of intended soybean acres were planted as of Sunday, June 23, according to this week's USDA NASS Crop Progress report. For the portion of the crops that had emerged, corn was rated 56% in good-to-excellent condition and soybeans were rated 54% in goo...

Aubrey Trail cuts own throat in court

WILBER, Neb. - A man on trial for the 2017 slaying of a Lincoln woman has slashed his neck and fallen from a wheelchair during court proceedings. Fifty-two-year-old Aubrey Trail yelled ``Bailey is innocent, and I curse you all'' Monday before swiping what may have been a pen across his neck. Depu...

Nebraska slowly rolls out voter-approved Medicaid expansion

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska officials are laying the groundwork for the state's voter-approved Medicaid expansion program, but many people who will eventually qualify now face a long and difficult wait. About 90,000 low-income Nebraska residents who will get new Medicaid coverage must wait unti...

Passenger killed in eastern Nebraska SUV crash

Columbus, Neb. -- A passenger has died in the crash of a sport utility vehicle in eastern Nebraska's Platte County. The crash occurred around 6:55 a.m. Saturday, about 5 miles north of Columbus. Authorities say the northbound SUV went out of control, entered a ditch, veered back onto the road...