For a second straight year, Beatrice Mayor Bob Morgan hosted his Mayor's Prayer Breakfast. 

Food and support organization has fit in well, at a former fire department space in the municipal auditorium

Grants could lead to new playground, new housing

Hangar, taxiway and fuel facilities projects will be undertaken at the local airport

Casey Kindt pleaded not guilty to all the charges he faces - including first-degree murder - from the February death of Jamie Hagen, his former fiance.
Kindt is set to face a jury trial on July 22.

Citizens and drivers should be on the lookout for a scam text operation that requests payment for unpaid road tolls.

Lawmakers tried to push through the change, prior to last November's General Election

Event gives people a chance to get rid of that old TV or computer....and many other items

A Sunday afternoon crash just east of York caused some of the contents of a semitrailer to spill onto the surface of I80, shutting down traffic for nearly three hours.

Fairbury resident Jeremy Swartz pleaded not guilty to charges that he stole his mother’s car and two locals were sentenced after both accepted plea deals in unrelated drug possession cases.

Construction on a bridge on the PWF Road can begin before work starts on the remainder of the road, NDOT confirmed this week, a key point for Southeast Nebraska citizens anxious to see progress on this critical roadway. 

Several area athletes have been named to the 2025 Nebraska Coaches Association High School Basketball All-Star Games. 

Fighting large, extended fires is an example of neighbors helping out neighbors

Community in shock over the fatal shooting, with motive under investigation

A Kansas priest has died after being fatally shot on Thursday.

The top of the caboose of a Farmers Cooperative train caught on fire on Thursday afternoon near Jansen, between Fairbury and Beatrice in Southeast Nebraska. The fire started around 3 PM, and was extinguished within 15 minutes. An official on scene told ou

Berggren Architects is operating a two-day mortar workshop next week in Fairbury, hosted by English stoneworker Nigel Copsey, who had a hand in restoring the Jefferson County courthouse nearly 20 years ago

Gage County farm family hosting the annual cancer research fundraiser

Mayors Prayer Breakfast to be held at the Vintage Venue, 7th and Court

One of the defendants had been illegally inside the former Dempster Manufacturing plant

NCN spoke with Nebraska Game and Parks about the current state of turkey populations, as well as factors that cause those numbers to fluctuate.

Wymore native's hiring fills vacancy due to retirement

It's the second extension given on a project that initially included six culvert installations

Two weeks after complaints about so-called unkempt properties across the city were unofficially filed, on Tuesday night the Fairbury city council conducted a public hearing for the council and community to discuss those concerns.  

A total of over $28 million in improvements would be made

April's Veteran of the Month is John Chaput, a Washington native who now lives in Beatrice as he rehabs from his exposure to Agent Orange while serving the Navy in the Vietnam War.

A Saturday night car crash sent the driver to a hospital and injured three Seward County deputies who were on hand to help with the initial recovery.

A Beatrice alum of the Class of 2012, Weeks says the program has played a major role in his life.

One of two 1950s elementary school buildings being torn down to make way for new housing

Orangemen Basketball has their new head coach.

One person is in the hospital after an SUV rollover crash south of Bennett, Sunday night. 

Medical helicopter dispatched to scene of accident

Sheriffs deputies investigate discovery near Blue Springs

A strange finish to the game including two controversial missed tags at third base helped Beatrice pull off a wacky 4-3 win over Hastings in the bottom of the ninth.

South winds gusting to 40-miles-per-hour fanned flames off the east side of Southwest 117th Road

It’s normally known as the home of Nebraska Basketball and various concerts, but on Friday, Pinnacle Bank Arena is being transformed into a playground for some of the worlds greatest cowboys and wranglers.

Initiative 436 was supported by over 70-percent of voters in the November General Election

Officials and scientists from Olsson and NDOT dropped in on Diller to assess the status of the PWF Road and its nearby environment, bringing the start date for the road's reconstruction ever closer.

Main Street Market in Milford officially cut the ribbon on its brand new location this week, formally opening the doors of a much larger building which is now the home of the only grocery store in town.

Raiola says he's worked hard to get his body into the proper form for spring practice and beyond.

Three people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash in rural Lancaster County Wednesday afternoon.

A Nebraska State Patrol vehicle was side-swiped while providing roadside assistance in southeast Nebraska. 

Devasting March 19th blizzard knocked out power, to thousands

Austin Meyn facing charges of child abuse resulting in death and first-degree sexual assault

Orangemen baseball found themselves on the wrong end of a roller coaster contest for the second straight night. 

Beatrice has found the new leader of their volleyball program. 

A number of Huskers, and small college football players, showed off their talents at Nebraska's 2025 Pro Day. 

Local health professionals are urging Nebraskans to check and update their vaccination status with measles cases on the rise nationally.

Administrators change positions between Beatrice High School and Beatrice Elementary School

Severe weather season arriving with concerns over National Weather Service cuts

Concrete barrier placed on sidewalk, along east side of the former manufacturing plant

The Tri County School Board of Education has officially called for a school bond election aimed at enhancing and expanding district facilities

In a roller coaster of a ball game, Lincoln Standing Bear gets their first varsity win against Beatrice. 

Investigation of the blaze at the vacant, condemned structure is ongoing

Flare up on balcony extinguished quickly

Demolition crew took down the front part of the structure

Nebraska remains one of just five states that inflicts a tax on relatives of the recently deceased. And this month, the state legislature considered a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the inheritance tax altogether.  

Officials provided more information on a southeast Nebraska fire that kept crews on scene for more than five hours. 

Fairbury city councilmember Charley Endorf voiced his concerns about certain unmaintained properties with both city and county government this week, saying these unclean conditions hurt Fairbury’s property values and community optics. 

One of the most damaging storms in decades, knocks down poles and lines

Only minor injuries were suffered in the collision

Wild swings can impact the states fishing, as one day fish are active and feeding, the next, confused by a sharp drop in temperature.

Damaging last-day-of-winter storm knocked down power lines and broke numerous power poles

High winds accompanying a final winter blast knocked down poles and lines