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A few more rounds of showers and thunderstorms through Sunday afternoon
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - A much quieter day today after yesterday’s severe weather outbreak in the eastern half of the state. While I think the severe weather threat is more than likely over for the weekend, we are not done with the rain. Some places could pick up an additional inch where three to four inches has already fallen. With that said there is the concern for flash flooding with the ground saturated from the heavy rainfall the past two days.
Hastings man accused of threatening neighbors takes plea deal
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - A Hastings man will be sentenced in July after police say he threatened his neighbors with a gun. Anthony Copley, 21, has pleaded no contest to attempted possession of a firearm during a commission of a felony and terroristic threats, both felony charges. Copley had been...
Weather on this date: A look back at the 2016 Nuckolls County tornado
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - It was eight years ago on this very day when the 2016 severe weather season got started with large hail and a tornado over north central Kansas and South Central Nebraska. Maybe you remember that Sunday in April or 2016 when an upper level low storm system impacted the region producing a surface cold front that moved eastward across the area. The ingredients were in place allowing for storms to develop along and ahead of the front that afternoon moving east through the evening. The majority of the storms impacted Jewell and Mitchell counties in Kansas into Nuckolls and Thayer counties in Nebraska. A couple of supercells took front and center stage for this event with one producing a tornado in Nuckolls county and a second cell producing large hail in Jewell county before traveling northeast and dropping a twister in Republic county. The storm that affected Nuckolls county produced a textbook tornado that touched down near Highway 136 northwest of Superior, Nebraska and tracked southeast a few miles before lifting northwest of Superior. This radar image shows strong rotation and radar reflectivity at about the time the tornado touched down. The EF-1 rated tornado with an estimated maximum wind speed of 100 miles per hour carved a 2.8 mile path with a maximum width of 300 yards. This is a good reminder to be prepared as we head into the peak months of tornado season.
Dick’s Place in Lawrence makes it to ‘Final Fork’ of Tournament of Taste
LAWRENCE — Dick’s Place Bar and Grill in Lawrence made it to the ‘Final Fork,’ in the inaugural Central Nebraska TODAY.com’s Tournament of Taste. The Tournament of Taste featured 64 different central Nebraska restaurants and eateries that had been nominated by residents through a vote.
City of Hastings conducting survey of all gas lines
HASTINGS, Neb. (PRESS RELEASE) - The City of Hastings would like the public to be aware that Hastings Utilities gas personnel will be walking all gas mains and service lines up to the meter for the home or business as part of a whole leak survey. Hastings Utilities is required...
Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism & Addictions raising awareness for Alcohol Abuse Awareness Month
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - April is Alcohol Abuse Awareness Month and the Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism & Addictions is spreading awareness about the commonly suffered disease. “Alcohol is a disease of the brain,” said Connie Holmes, Director for the CNCAA. “And people who have it are not bad people....
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