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2024 NSAA Track & Field (Day Two)
KEARNEY, Neb. — Day two of the NSAA Track & Field Championships feature a team state champion. Kearney Boys Track & Field has won a state title, for the first time in ten years. For full results - both team and individual - of Class A & B action,...
District Golf Results; Boys State Golf Qualifiers
NEBRASKA – Boys state golf championship fields have been set for all classes as district golf meets wrapped around the state on Monday and Tuesday. Full district results can be found with the hyperlinks at each district meet included in the story. Monday in the A-1 District meet at...
U.S. Justice Department investigates Nebraska over mental health services
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska DHHS says it is cooperating with a U.S. Justice Department investigation into the state's mental health services. Tuesday and Wednesday, representatives from the Department of Justice will hold town halls to hear concerns directly from Nebraskans. In a statement to KETV NewsWatch 7 Monday, the...
Lonowski, Smith moves forward in District 33 race
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Hastings Senator Steve Halloran has reached his term limits and after the Novemeber election there will be a new senator for District 33. That race was in the spotlight during Nebraska’s primary election, as Dan Lonowski, Michelle Smith, Paul Hamelink, and Joshua Frederick ran to represent the district in Lincoln.
Central Nebraska locations among awardees of Dollar General Literacy grants
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - More than $40,000 has been awarded to Nebraska nonprofits, libraries and schools thanks to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Places including Axtell, Hastings, Kearney and Ravenna were among the nine Nebraska communities that received money. Nebraska recipients include:. CityOrganization NameGrant Amount. AxtellAxtell Community School$1,600. ColumbusPlatte Valley...
Additional rainbow trout stocked in three lakes, two local
BUFFALO CO. — Three Nebraska lakes recently received an additional batch of rainbow trout, creating more opportunities for anglers and families to spend some time on the water. These Nebraska Game and Parks Commission hatchery-raised trout are 12 inches or longer – larger than the usual stocking size –...
Goracke & Prohaska just miss the cut; Ferguson aims for 5th National Title
Kearney, Neb. – The Nebraska-Kearney track and field team had qualified three women and seven men for the 2024 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in Emporia, Kan. The three-day event runs from May 23-25 at Welch Stadium. A top 12 finish is good for All-American status with most individual events having a field of 19 qualifiers. Four-time national champion Wes Ferguson (Fremont) will try and end his Loper career in style with another first place finish. The eight-time All-American currently leads D2 in the 800 (1:45.85) with Harry Ross-Hughes of Lake Erie (Ohio) the only other runner to have broken 1:47.00 (1:46.99).
Town hall on DOJ investigation abruptly ends after NTV reporter told not to film
Kearney, Neb. — For years, complaints about mental healthcare access in Nebraska have been surfacing. The U.S. Department of Justice investigated the behavioral health services in Nebraska - delivering a letter of findings Tuesday to the state. Representatives from the DOJ hosted a town hall Wednesday morning at the...
Kearney Cinema 8 to close
KEARNEY — The Kearney Cinema 8 movie theater in Kearney has announced that it will close. The Cinema 8 will be closing its doors indefinitely upon the final showings Thursday, May 16. “This is an incredibly difficult decision. The movie theater industry has been severely impacted by the pandemic,...
Good Samaritan Infant Memorial service to be held June 2
KEARNEY—CHI Health Good Samaritan has scheduled a service commemorating the lives of babies stillborn, miscarried or who have died in infancy. The annual Infant Memorial Service at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 2 will take place on the east side of City of Kearney Cemetery, 4400 Ave. I. Parents,...
District Boy's Golf Class C
Class C-5 Individual Qualifiers:. Nash Malone (10), 69Tate Redinger (11), 73Jackson Dunham (11), 76Will Hogeland (11), 83Cale Krohn (11), 89. Austin Adelung (12), 76Cope Smith (10), 76Kyler Jones (11), 85Braylon Russell (11), 86Chase Korth (12), 87. Chadron, 334. Coach: CJ Bach. Broc Berry (12), 76Zane Cullers (11), 84Andrew Gothard (11),...
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