KEARNEY - The Kearney Legion Baseball program is set to host tryouts next week for local athletes aiming to compete over the summer. Tryouts for the Kearney Legion Baseball programs will be held on Monday and Tuesday, May 13-14 from 4 PM to 6 PM at Kearney's Memorial Field. Any athlete or individual planning to tryout ...

KEARNEY - Active space weather will contribute to aurora possibility being visible on the horizon in Nebraska throughout the weekend. On Thursday, May 9 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch, the first since January 2005. ...

KEARNEY - Unprecedented. That's the word Janet Eckerson uses to describe the current K-12 teacher shortage in Nebraska. According to the Nebraska Department of Education's annual Teacher Vacancy Survey, more than 900 positions across the state were either vacant or filled by personnel who weren't fully qualified last f...

KEARNEY - A Kearney business owner has pleaded no contest to charges of sexual assault of a child and felony child abuse. Alan Mais, 60, of Heartwell had been charged in Kearney County with nine counts of third-degree sexual assault of a child, each a Class 3A felony and intentional child abuse - no injury, a Class 3A ...

Dua Lipa and Taraji P. Henson -- Disney/Getty ImagesOn May 12 at 10 p.m. ET, ABC airs TIME100: The World's Most Influential People, filmed at the publication's star-studded annual gala on April 25. Hosted by Taraji P. Henson, it includes appearanc...

HASTINGS - For the first time since February 2022, areas of central Nebraska recorded no severe drought conditions, thanks to beneficial moisture through late April and early May. According to the National Weather Service - Hastings, over the course of several rounds of showers and thunderstorms, nearly their entire wa...

KEARNEY - A new basketball development program has arrived to aid local talent in Central Nebraska. JD Carson and Chase Dippel have joined together to create Platte River Prep, a basketball development program set to teach fundamentals and skills for area athletes from their coaching experience at differing levels. Car...

The New Look star John Malkovich is headed for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, landing a role in The Fantastic Four, according to Deadline. He joins Pedro Pascal, who plays Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/the Invisible Woman, Jos...

ORD - A historic day at the C-8 District track meet wrapped up for the Kearney Catholic girls track and field team, taking the team title while breaking state records in the process. In total, Kearney Catholic had eleven girls events earn automatic qualifying marks for the State Track & Field championships next wee...

GRAND ISLAND - A Grand Island man was arrested after police say he was stalking a 30-year-old woman and violated an active protection order on Thursday, May 9. According to Grand Island Police Department, a 30-year-old woman reported that she was contacted by Marshal Lade, whom she has an active protection order agains...