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Winter storm warning for Central Nebraska
Jan 24, 2021 / NWS/KRGI News
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHTTO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Heavy snow expected, possibly prec... continue readingFive Arrested Following Traffic Stop in Red Willow County
Jan 20, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
JANUARY 20, 2021 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested five people fol... continue readingTroopers Locate 35 LBs of Marijuana Hidden in Tires
Jan 14, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
JANUARY 14, 2021 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested two people after loca... continue readingUpdate - Barr Middle School placed on lockout Thursday morning
Jan 14, 2021 / GIPS Release
Update/Follow Up 1:30pm Barr Middle School was placed on lockout Thursday morning after an alleged threat was made by a commun... continue readingTroopers Locate Missing Endangered Illinois Juvenile
Jan 10, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
JANUARY 9, 2021 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested a California man... continue readingRicketts hints at ballot measure if property tax push fails
Jan 10, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts will push to reduce property taxes during this legislative session by li... continue readingNebraska man arrested in stabbing death of 4 month old
Jan 10, 2021 / Ap
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man in the stabbing death of a 4-month-old baby in Nebraska. Police in F... continue readingNSP Investigating after Man Dies from Self Inflicted Gunshot during Brief Standoff in Kearney County
Jan 7, 2021 / Nebraska State Patrol
JANUARY 7, 2021 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) is investigating an incident in which a subj... continue readingMore GOP lawmakers enlist in Trump effort to undo Biden win
Jan 3, 2021 / Ap
WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Republican lawmakers have joined President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effor... continue readingElderly to be next priority for COVID19 vaccine
Jan 2, 2021 / Ap
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska health officials say people 75 and older are the state's next priority for distribution of ... continue readingGOP senator rebukes dangerous ploy to fight Biden victory
Dec 31, 2020 / Ap
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska has issued a pointed rebuke of GOP attempts to object Jan. 6 to t... continue readingHouse approves Trumps COVID19 relief checks
Dec 28, 2020 / Ap
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted overwhelmingly to increase COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Dona... continue readingNSP Investigating After Subject Commits Suicide during Traffic
Dec 24, 2020 / Nebraska State Patrol
DECEMBER 24, 2020 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an incident that occurred in Gr... continue readingGovernor Ricketts announces new directed health measures
Dec 24, 2020 / Governors Office Release
LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced that the State is moving from the “yellow” to “blue&r... continue readingWinter storm claims three lives
Dec 24, 2020 / Nebraska State Patrol
Additional Details Released Regarding Triple-Fatality Crash Wednesday DECEMBER 24, 2020 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) &mdash... continue readingLocal Grand Island teacher writes Christmas song
Dec 23, 2020 / KRGI News
"What Makes It Christmas Time" made it's radio debut on Country 96.5 FM & KRGI 1430 AM/105.5 FM on Wednesday, December 23rd... continue readingFischer Praises Passed Relief Package
Dec 22, 2020 / Tyson Havranek
Congress has passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package. It promises to deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individua... continue readingCongress seals agreement on a COVID relief bill
Dec 20, 2020 / Ap
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top negotiators in Congress have sealed a deal on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief packag... continue readingHoward cancels preschool classes following positive COVID 19 cases among staff
Dec 16, 2020 / GIPS Release
Due to recent positive coronavirus among staff members at Howard Elementary School’s preschool program, and out of an abu... continue reading15 year old body found submerged in car in Grand Island lake
Dec 13, 2020 / Ap
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Investigators in south-central Nebraska say a 15-year-old Grand Island boy has been found dead ... continue readingNebraska relaxes restrictions after hospitalizations dip
Dec 13, 2020 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will relax its coronavirus restrictions on Saturday after a recent decline in hospitalized pa... continue readingTri Cities Holiday Blood Drive December 29th
Dec 13, 2020 / American Red Cross
The American Red Cross and GI Family Radio will host the Tri-Cities HolidayBlood Drive, December 29, 2020 from Noon-6 p.m. o T... continue readingNSP SWAT Makes Arrest in Homicide Investigation
Dec 10, 2020 / Nebraska State Patrol
DECEMBER 10, 2020 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team have arrested a person w... continue readingLead investigator in Beatrice 6 exoneration dies after crash
Dec 8, 2020 / Ap
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a former police investigator whose work helped exonerate six people wrongly convict... continue reading2 killed and 2 critically injured in Omaha house explosion
Dec 8, 2020 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Fire officials say an explosion that leveled a home in Omaha, Nebraska, has left two people dead and t... continue reading