The schoolyard outside Humann Elementary was quiet Wednesday morning, but only momentarily.

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Giving voters the chance to recall three Lincoln County commissioners is worth the time and disruption success could cause, the recall’s organizer said as its 30-day circulation period began.

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Sen. Pete Ricketts is used to being endorsed by the unions representing local law enforcement agencies. In federal and statewide races, police and sheriff's unions in Omaha, Lincoln and other parts of ...

The Sandhills BCA Pool League is accepting team registration for the upcoming season through Monday.

Doors to Jefferson Elementary School opened wide to gesture a warm welcome to all new and returning students from kindergarten to fifth grade at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Game and Parks investigating drowning of 7-year-old boy at Lake Mac North Platte High School going back to locker system Julius Reed, wanted in connection to assault and shooting, arrested Nebraska's ...

See photos from the 17th Annual Federal Legislative Summit on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026 at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland.

An initial batch of changes emerging from an overflow North Platte City Hall audience made their way Tuesday into Lincoln County’s proposed upgrades to scant data-center regulations.