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La Vista man faces judge for violation of probation in deadly crash that killed 4
LA VISTA, Neb. — April Cohagen sits in a Cass County courtroom hoping some form of justice will finally come three years later. "It's all brought back up again because of his actions," Cohagen said. On January 31, 2021, her daughters Ashly Bracken, 21, and Tatiyana Wade, 22, lost...
Hickman family hopes to welcome Haitian child into home amidst country’s turmoil
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Haiti’s new government, under a prime minister appointed on Tuesday, has to take its first steps over bullet casings and broken glass. And as a political and economic crisis continues to unravel the Caribbean country, Chloe and Brock Blankenship are hoping a long line of paperwork leads a Haitian child away from the carnage and safe into their arms.
Small-town publishers return to stave off demise of oldest weekly paper in Nebraska
PAWNEE CITY, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - The front page story in a recent edition of the Pawnee Republican solved a local mystery — what happened to the grass-fire rig stolen from the Burchard Fire Department?. But the bigger mystery in this southeast Nebraska farm town of 855 people is...
Gov. Pillen issues emergency declaration for three counties
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Governor Jim Pillen has issued an emergency declaration in the aftermath of severe weather that started April 25 and continued through April 27, resulting in damage from thunderstorms, high winds, rain and reported tornadoes. The counties covered in this declaration include Douglas, Washington, and Lancaster. The...
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