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Railroads are warning investors that freight shipments will continue to fall this year. CSX and Union Pacific both reported a slowdown in freight hauling during the second quarter of 2021. Go to Source Author: JOSH FUNK The Associated Press Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The time from when Creighton baseball administrator Christopher Gradoville arrived at a house to when he lay dead was just 66 seconds, an Omaha detective said at a preliminary hearing for Ladell Thornton. Go to Source Author: Alia Conley Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Library Director Denise Lawver bought the drawing by C.W. Anderson, one of Wahoo’s Five Famous Sons, at an estate sale and then donated it to the Wahoo Public Library to be displayed on a wall dedicated to Anderson’s work. Go to Source Author: By Suzi Nelson Wahoo Newspaper Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press…

The $8 million, privately funded project will add a 24,000-square-foot plant production facility that will include four greenhouses and office and work space. Go to Source Author: Marjie Ducey Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

UNMC and Nebraska Medicine researchers are seeking patients for a clinical trial testing if a drug can prevent COVID in adults who live with someone with COVID. Go to Source Author: Julie Anderson Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Justin G. Jones and his wife Elayne Woods opened The 1206 in May as a space for weddings, receptions, private parties and other events, filling a need in the Saline County community of 7,000. In July, Jones added live music… Go to Source Author: L. KENT WOLGAMOTT Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska…

The plan would require an infusion of state dollars, amounting to a 68% boost in state support for K-12 education. Go to Source Author: Martha Stoddard Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The van the man was driving rear-ended a semitrailer truck near the intersection of U.S. 77 and County Road N. Go to Source Author: Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

If families bequeath even a small percentage of their assets to their hometowns, the effect could be transformational, according to the Nebraska Community Foundation. Go to Source Author: Nancy Gaarder Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

If voters OK extending the city’s 1% restaurant tax, the sports complex will be built on 15 acres of land donated by businessman Paul Younes adjacent to his new Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center. Go to Source Author: MIKE KONZ Kearney Hub Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The ACLU accused the Cody-Kilgore school district of racial discrimination, saying it had an unwritten head-lice policy that applied only to Native students. Go to Source Author: LORI PILGER Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

“Summit,” read a one-word text message from Sen. Tom Brewer of Gordon that was received in Lincoln at 12:16 a.m. Wednesday. Go to Source Author: Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s daughter said she would quit the real estate appraiser business following scrutiny over whether her mother used her influence to aid her application for an appraiser license. Go to Source Author: STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Bruce Ferrell offered little comment on his departure, which comes less than two months after former Wahoo Police Lt. Sean Vilmont was charged with three counts of third-degree sexual assault of a child. Go to Source Author: ANDREW WEGLEY Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Authorities have said Manuel Gomez shot and killed two men at the Sunrise View Apartments in Holdrege. Prosecutors said he also shot and wounded his attorney at the time, Doyle Morse, at Morse’s home. Go to Source Author: Associated Press Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The Buffalo Creek Fire is reported to be about 40% contained, and the latest estimates are that 2,560 acres have been burned in the fire, which started Sunday in the Nebraska Panhandle. Go to Source Author: Maunette Loeks Scottsbluff Star-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Omaha’s fast-growing LinkedIn team — about 1,000 workers — started moving into a new 200,000-square-foot complex. It is the company’s fourth-largest office building in North America. Go to Source Author: Cindy Gonzalez Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The group has already endorsed two candidates for the Nebraska State Board of Education in 2022: Elizabeth Tegtmeier and Sherry Jones. Go to Source Author: Joe Dejka Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The couple were married Oct. 30 and soon will be moving to Savannah, Georgia. Alberts’ son, Chase, is a West Point graduate and a member of the U.S. Army. Go to Source Author: Marjie Ducey Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Patty Pansing Brooks, who will complete her term-limited eight years as a member of the nonpartisan Legislature at the end of next year, jump-started her campaign with news media contacts in Columbus, Norfolk and Fremont. Go to Source Author: DON WALTON Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

“She said, ‘I think this is going to be a really weird conversation.’” Go to Source Author: PETER SALTER Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Included are key provisions that are likely to make some people happy and others unhappy, including that all casinos will be smoke-free. Go to Source Author: MATT OLBERDING Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service