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Rural county board acts to prevent duplicated broadband efforts
LINCOLN — A rural Nebraska county board has voted to do something a state commission had declined to do, which is to prevent a duplication of taxpayer funds to deploy broadband internet. The decision by the Gage County Board came after two state senators urged board members to avoid...
Nebraska Supreme Court rejects Bailey Boswell’s appeal, upholds murder conviction
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday rejected Bailey Boswell’s appeal for the murder of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe and upheld her murder conviction. Boswell was sentenced in 2021 to life in prison for her role in the 2017 murder of Loofe, just a few months after her co-defendant and boyfriend at the time, Aubrey Trail, was put on death row for the same crimes. Boswell was spared from the death penalty, which would have made her the first woman on death row in the state.
Several tornadoes confirmed from Monday’s storm
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Another round of strong to severe storms pushed across the region Monday with several reports of hail, wind damage, and a few tornadoes. The National Weather Service surveyed the damage today and confirmed 4 brief tornadoes did touch down leaving some trails of damage. The first...
Spot shower possible over next couple days, yet most stay dry
Two more tornadoes of EF-0 rating were confirmed in Nebraska from Monday’s round of severe weather. The first one that happened in the afternoon was on the ground for about 10 minutes near Cowles. This tornado was hard to see as it was within heavy rain as it overturned a camper and damaged some older outbuildings.
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